Study Cropanzano & Wright (1999): study US 1992
- Public
- Social welfare professionals, United States, followed 5 years 1992-1997
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 60
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Wellbeing
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed at T1, T2, T3 and T4
- Distribution
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T1: M = 3,4; SD = 1,2
T2: M = 3,5; SD = 1,5
T3: M = 3,6; SD = 1,5
T4: M = 3,7; SD = 1,5 - Operationalization
- Self report on 8 questions:
"Here is a list that describes some of the ways people feel at different times. How often do you feel each of these ways?"
A Very lonely or remote from other people
B Depressed or very unhappy
C Bored
D So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair
E Vaguely uneasy about something without knowing why
F On top of the world
G Particularly excited or interested in something
H Pleased about having accomplished something
Answer options:
0 never
1 sometimes
3 often
Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on F, G, H
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on A, B, C, D, E
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range -15 to +9
Transformed to a 7 point scale, where 1 is all or almost all positive feelings and 7 is all or almost all negative feelings.