Characteristics

Code:

A-AOL-g-*-v-4-a

Focus:

Affect: Average Overall Level (A-AOL)

Time frame:

generally (g)

Mode:

multiple observations (*)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

4

Description

Self report + 3 peer ratings, on same single question:

A. Self report: Each subject was asked to judge herself using one of four terms. (Precise lead item not reported)

B. Peer ratings: The judgments of three friends were obtained using the terms.

Response options:
4  steadily cheerful
3  variable tending to cheerfulness
2  variable tending to depression
1  steadily depressed

Summation: a + b/2