Promotion and prevention regulatory focus LIWC dictionary. Polish adaptation and validation

Magdalena Marszałek · Amadeusz Miązek · Marta Anna Roczniewska

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This article describes the adaptation and validation of a Polish version of the regulatory focus (RF) Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) dictionary. RF theory proposes that there are two types of self-regulation: promotion (focus on gains, growth, and ideals) and prevention (focus on losses, security, and oughts). Apart from self-report questionnaires, one method to measure RF includes a linguistic analysis. LIWC counts the frequency of words from relevant categories and presents the output as a percentage of all words used in a writing sample. RF LIWC contains two categories: promotion (e.g., achieve, ideal) and prevention (e.g., afraid, fail). To test the psychometric properties of our Polish adaptation of the RF LIWC instrument, we performed three studies. In Study 1 (N = 10), experts in RF theory rated the extent to which each dictionary entry was related to promotion and prevention foci. Results showed that words from the promotion category were rated as more promotion than prevention-related, and the pattern was reversed for words from the prevention category. In Study 2 (N = 130) we examined the divergent validity of the instrument by experimentally manipulating RF and testing the writing patterns. When a promotion focus was activated, individuals wrote more words from the promotion than prevention category, and the pattern was reversed in the prevention group. Study 3 (N = 414) investigated whether the promotion and prevention scores obtained through RF LIWC are linked with results obtained using a self-report questionnaire that measures chronic RF. Promotion scores from RF LIWC correlated positively with chronic promotion RF and prevention scores from RF LIWC correlated positively with chronic prevention RF. These preliminary findings provide initial support for the validity of the Polish adaptation of the RF LIWC.

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