Characteristics

Code:

A-AB-mp-mqr-n-5-a

Focus:

Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)

Time frame:

last part of day (mp)

Mode:

multiple questions, repeated (mqr)

Scale Type:

numeric scale (n)

Scale Range:

5

Description

Self report on 8 questions repeated every second day during 2 weeks:

..how frequent one experienced in the past half day..
A  happy
B  joyful
C  contented
D cheerful
E frustrated
F sad
G depressed
H dissatisfied

Rated 1: scarcely … 5: very frequently

Summation: (A+B+C+D) - (E+F+G+H)

Name: adapted from UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990)