Matthews et al. (1990): study GB 1986
Publication
- Author(s):
- Matthews, G.; Chamberlain, A.G.; Jones, D.M.
- Title:
- Refining the Measurement of Mood: The UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist.
- Source:
- British Journal of Psychology, 1990, Vol. 81, 17 - 42
Investigation
- Public
- Students and volunteers for a keyboard training program, UK, 1986-89
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 388
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 8 questions:
..how frequent one experienced in the past few weeks..
A happy
B satisfied
C contented
D cheerful
E sorry
F sad
G depressed
H dissatisfied
Rated for applicability:
4 definitely
3 slightly
2 slightly not
1 definitely not
Summation: (A+B+C+D) - (E+F+G+H)
Name: Hedonic Tone (HT) subscale of UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990) - Classification:
- A-AB-cm-mq-v-4-d
- Author's label:
- hedonic tone
- Remarks:
- -48 mood adjective items were selected from the adjective checklist of Sjoberg et al. (1979), Thayer (1967) and Mackay et al. (1978) to measure three hypothesized dimensions of energetic arousal, tense arousal, and hedonic tone/pleasure-displeasure.
-Adjectives were presented at random. Ss were instructed to rate the applicability of each adjective to their present mood as "definitely", "slightly", "slightly not", or "definitely not" with 4 to 1 score. - Page in publication:
- 23
- Error estimates:
- alpha = .88
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -12 - 12 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 26.30 -
- SD:
- 5.00 -