Characteristics

Code:

A-CP-mi-tsb-n-7-a

Focus:

Affect: Cheerful Person (A-CP)

Time frame:

last instant (mi)

Mode:

time sampling of happy behaviors (tsb)

Scale Type:

numeric scale (n)

Scale Range:

7

Description

Time sampling of happy behaviors

The children were rated during the first 3 years of their lives, after 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 and 36 months of living for 'Emotional tone: unhappy - happy' on a 7-point scale.
Scoring rated on 7-step numerical scale.

Summation:
Later the ratings of 10 - 12, 13 - 15, 18  - 24, and 27 - 36 months were combined.

Rated on 7-step numerical scale.