1978 Volume 49 Issue 4 Pages 229-232
In order to study the factor structure of emotional words in Japanese, we collected 14, 877 words about human behavior from which 543 words used in everyday life to express emotion were selected. These words were then analyzed by Q-mode factor analysis technique and five bipolar factors and three monopolar factors were found. These factors were interpreted using Plutchik's (1966) emotion theory of prototypic behaviors.