Characteristics

Code:

A-CP-g-rdv-v-5-a

Focus:

Affect: Cheerful Person (A-CP)

Time frame:

generally (g)

Mode:

rating by various (rdv)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

5

Description

Ratings of 'emotional tone' by mother, teachers and investigator on the basis of an interview with the child

A: Is S inclined to be … most of the time?
    -  optimistic and cheerful or  pessimistic and depressed

B: Is S …. In mood?
    Steady  or fluctuating

Rated:
5  steadily optimistic
4  variable tending to optimism
3  indifferent of fluctuating
2  variable tending to optimism
1  steadily pessimistic