Academic emotions cluster into four groups by antecedents, with anxiety and hopelessness highly correlated (r > .70) yet kept as separate scales¶

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q2 i? Interrelations of AEQ scales yielded four clusters of emotions (enjoyment/hope/pride; relief; anxiety/shame/hopelessness; anger/boredom), with anxiety-hopelessness correlations exceeding r = .70. → Reinhard Pekrun 2002

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Reinhard Pekrun 2002¶

Reinhard Pekrun, Thomas Goetz, Wolfram Titz, & Raymond P. Perry. (2002). Academic Emotions in Students' Self-Regulated Learning and Achievement: A Program of Qualitative and Quantitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep3702_4

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Psychometric analyses of AEQ trait scales in university samples (N = 230 for learning- and class-related scales; N = 222 for test emotion scales). The authors note "the high correlations between anxiety and hopelessness (r > .70)" but kept the scales separate because they may relate differentially to outcomes.

"Concerning interrelations of different emotions within these groups, four clusters of emotions emerged: (a) enjoyment, hope,andpride;(b)relief;(c)anxiety,shame,andhopelessness; and (d) anger and boredom."

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