Characteristics

Code:

A-AOL-cm-mq-*-5-a

Focus:

Affect: Average Overall Level (A-AOL)

Time frame:

last month, last few weeks (cm)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

Different rating scales combined (*)

Scale Range:

5

Description

Self report on four questions:

How have you felt during the past month?

A  How have you been feeling in general?
    6  in excellent spirits
    5  in very good spirits
    4  in good spirits mostly
    3  my spirits have been up and down
    2  in low spirits mostly
    1 in very low spirits
B  Have you felt so sad, discouraged, hopeless or had so
     many problems that you wondered if anything was worthwhile?
    1  extremely so, to the point of just about given up
    2  very much so
    3  quite a bit
    4  some, enough to bother me
    5  a little bit
    6  not at all
C  Have you felt downhearted or blue
    1  all the time
    2  most of the time
    3  a good bit of the time
    4  some of the time
    5  al title of the time
    6  none of the time
D  How depressed or cheerful have you been?
     0  very depressed
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     2
     3
     4
     5
     6
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     9
    10 very cheerful