self assessment manikin
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Suhaimi et al., 2020
“A person’s emotional state may become apparent through subjective experiences, internal and external expressions. Self-evaluation reports such as the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) [2] is commonly used for evaluating the mental state of a person by measuring the three independent and bipolar dimensions [3], presented visually to the person by reflecting images of pleasure-displeasure, degree of arousal, and dominance-submissiveness. This method provides an alternative to the sometimes more difficult assessment of psychological evaluations of a patient done by a medical profession where they would require thorough training and experience to understand the patient’s mental health conditions. However, the validity and corroboration of the information provided from the patient using the SAM report are unreliable given that many people have difficulty expressing themselves honestly or lack of knowledge or grasp towards their mental state.”
“Correlations between the original SDS and SAM were obtained for valence (.94), arousal (.94), and dominance (.66)” (Zeiger-Hill & Shackelford, 2020 Encycolpedia of Personality and Individual Differences)