Analysing verbal data to identify appraisals themes in the person-object interaction | RChD: creación y pensamiento
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Announcement RChD: Creación y Pensamiento |Vol. 11 Nº 20| JUN 2026 | Dossier: Intermediaries for sustainable design and transition in Ibero-America: Materials, strategies, and collaborative frameworks. Deadline for full manuscript submission: January 31, 2026. 

Analysing verbal data to identify appraisals themes in the person-object interaction

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Ortiz Nicolás Instituto de Arquitectura, Diseño y Arte, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
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Abstract

This research introduces how to analyse verbal data to identify appraisals themes that trigger specific emotions in the person-object interaction. Appraisal themes are general descriptions that synthesize and reflect similar responses that a group of people experience in particular emotions. Two emotions: confidence and frustration, are used as case studies to identify their appraisal themes. The article presents the general process to obtain the data and details how to undertake the analysis. Identifying appraisal themes helps designers understand the emotional experience that people have with objects. It can also be the starting point to design for eliciting specific emotions.

Keywords:

Appraisal theory , data analysis , design for emotions , user experience