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Promotion and prevention regulatory focus LIWC dictionary. Polish adaptation and validation
Magdalena Marszałek1, Amadeusz Miązek2, Marta Roczniewska1,3
1Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
This study validates a Polish version of the regulatory focus (RF) Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) dictionary. The adapted tool accurately distinguishes between promotion and prevention self-regulation strategies in writing.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Linguistics
- Social Sciences
Background:
- Regulatory focus (RF) theory distinguishes between promotion (gain-oriented) and prevention (loss-avoidant) self-regulation strategies.
- Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) offers a method for analyzing text to measure psychological constructs.
- A validated Polish version of the RF LIWC dictionary is needed to assess regulatory focus in the Polish language.
Purpose of the Study:
- To adapt and validate a Polish version of the Regulatory Focus (RF) Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) dictionary.
- To assess the psychometric properties, including content validity, divergent validity, and criterion validity, of the Polish RF LIWC instrument.
Main Methods:
- Study 1: Expert ratings (N=10) assessed the relation of dictionary entries to promotion and prevention foci.
- Study 2: Experimental manipulation of RF (N=130) examined writing patterns using the adapted dictionary.
- Study 3: Correlational analysis (N=414) compared RF LIWC scores with a self-report measure of chronic RF.
Main Results:
- Expert ratings supported the content validity of the Polish RF LIWC categories.
- Experimental manipulation demonstrated divergent validity, with distinct writing patterns for promotion and prevention foci.
- RF LIWC scores showed significant positive correlations with corresponding chronic regulatory focus scores from self-report measures.
Conclusions:
- The Polish adaptation of the RF LIWC dictionary demonstrates preliminary support for its validity and reliability.
- This tool can be utilized for linguistic analysis of regulatory focus in Polish-speaking populations.
- Further research is warranted to fully establish the psychometric properties of the Polish RF LIWC.
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