Characteristics
- Code:
- A-BB-u-mq-v-3-b
- Focus:
- Affect: Balance (Bradburn's index) (A-BB)
- Time frame:
- time unspecified (u)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 3
Description
Selfreport on 8 questions:"Here is a list that describes some of the ways people feel at different times. How often did you feel each of these ways?
A very lonely or remote from people
B on the top of the world
C depressed or very unhappy
D particularly excited or interested in something
bored
F pleased about having accomplished something
G so restless that you could not sit long in a chair
H vaguely uneasy about something, without knowing why
I
Answer options:
0 never
1 sometimes
2 often
Summation: (B+ D+ F)/3 - (A+ C+ E+ G+ H)/
Name: Bradburn's `Affect Balance Scale' (shortened version)