Characteristics
- Code:
- A-BB-cy-mq-v-5-a
- Focus:
- Affect: Balance (Bradburn's index) (A-BB)
- Time frame:
- last year (cy)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 5
Description
Selfreport on10 questions"During the past year, how often did you feel..?" (yes/no)
A Particularly excited, or interested in something?
B So restless that you could not sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Rated:
1 never
2
3
4
5 often
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): (A+C+E+G+I)/5
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): (B+D+F+H+J)/5
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible: range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's `Affect Balance Scale'