The Perceived Broad Group Emotional Climate Scale: Development and Validation With Chinese Community Residents and University Students.

ABSTRACT: Perceived broad group emotional climate (PBGEC) is a perceived meso-environment emotion, which refers to individuals' perceptions and experiences of the emotion climate when interacting with group members in daily life, and is not derived from individuals' own emotions. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a PBGEC scale (PBGECS) for Chinese community residents and university students. A total of 1,408 residents from Chongqing completed the survey of PBGECS, the present social attitude scale, the future social expectations scale, and the social wellbeing scale, which constituted Sample 1; A total of 607 college students from Nanchang completed the survey of PBGECS and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, which constituted Sample 2. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a

SUBMITTER: Yang XJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424200 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature