Characteristics
- Code:
- A-AB-cm-mq-v-4-c
- Focus:
- Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
- Time frame:
- last month, last few weeks (cm)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 4
Description
Selfreport on 10 questions:During the past two weeks, did you ever feel ....?
A Particularly excited or interested in something?
B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from other people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed or very unhappy?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Answer options and scoring:
0 never
1 sometimes
2 often
3 almost always
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS