Characteristics

Code:

A-ARE-md-sqr-v-7-a

Focus:

Affect: Average Repeated Overall Estimate (A-ARE)

Time frame:

last day (md)

Mode:

1 question, repeated (sqr)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

7

Description

Self report on single question, asked twice with an interval of 16 days.

"Consider your experience during the past 24 hours, being as objective and matter-of-fact as possible. Estimate honestly the prevailing or dominant level of your mood, and put a cross through the term which most accurately describes your prevailing feeling".
7  highly elated
6  moderately cheerful
5  mildly cheerful
4  indifferent
3  wildly depressed
2  moderately depressed
1  extremely gloomy


Summation: Average of 32 scores.