Characteristics

Code:

A-AB-cm-mq-v-6-a

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:

6

Description

Self report on 5 questions:

During the past month, how much of the time did you feel:
A  very nervous
B  so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up
C  calm and peaceful
D  downhearted and blue
E  happy

Response options:
6  all of the time
5  most of the time
4  a good bit of the time
3  some of the time
2  a little of the time
1  none of the time

Summation: (A+B+D)-(C+E)