APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Gender Moderates Change in Positive Affect in a Frustration Task
Session: Poster Session IV
Authors
- Lillian Shattuck
Middlebury College - Athena Nooney
Middlebury College - Martin SeehuusPresenting Author
Middlebury College
Abstract
Gender moderated change in positive affect (PA) with frustration task. Participants (N=44) completed the PANAS before and after an unsolved puzzle. PA rose for women and not men, R2 = .45, p < .001, βinteraction = 5.26, p = .044. PA measurement and intervention should consider this gendered response.
Gender
