Characteristics

Code:

A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-g

Focus:

Affect: Balance (Bradburn's index) (A-BB)

Time frame:

last week (cw)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

4

Description

Self report on 10 questions:

"During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?"
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something  
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
1  never
2  sometimes
3  often
4  very often

Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -15 to +15

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (adapted version)