Positive and negative affect.
17 catalogued instruments are currently grouped under this construct, across 4 domains: Developmental, child, family and couple; Personality: dark traits and pathology; Vocational interests and career; Wellbeing and positive psychology.
Instruments are grouped by what each entry’s description says it measures, and the list may be incomplete. Read each entry for its exact coverage.
- CBQ - Children's Behavior Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. 195 (standard); 94 (short form); 36 (very short form). copyrighted - author permission.
- IBQ-R - Infant Behavior Questionnaire - Revised
Developmental, child, family and couple. 191 (standard); 91 (short form); 37 (very short form). copyrighted - author permission.
- ATQ - Adult Temperament Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. 77 (short form); a long form (~249 items) also exists. copyrighted - author permission.
- ECBQ - Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. 201 (standard); 107 (short form); 36 (very short form). open with attribution.
- TMCQ - Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire
Developmental, child, family and couple. ~157 (parent report). open with attribution.
- PiCD - Personality Inventory for ICD-11
Personality: dark traits and pathology. 60 items. open with attribution.
- AMS (Gjesme-Nygard) - Achievement Motives Scale
Vocational interests and career. 30 (original); AMS-R revised short form = 10 (5 per motive). open with attribution.
- PANAS - Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 20 (10 PA + 10 NA). open with attribution.
- PANAS-X - Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Expanded Form
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 60 items. open with attribution.
- I-PANAS-SF - International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 10 (5 PA + 5 NA). open with attribution.
- SPANE - Scale of Positive and Negative Experience
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 12 (6 positive + 6 negative). open with attribution.
- MAACL-R - Multiple Affect Adjective Check List - Revised
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 132 adjectives (respondent checks those that apply). copyrighted - commercial.
- ABS - Bradburn Affect Balance Scale
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 10 (5 PA + 5 NA). public-domain / open.
- PoM - Peace of Mind Scale
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 7 items. open with attribution.
- SCWBS - Stirling Children's Wellbeing Scale
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 15 (12 wellbeing + 3 social-desirability). open with attribution.
- MUNSH - Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 24 items. open with attribution.
- AFM-2 - Affectometer 2
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 40 (20 sentence items and 20 adjective items); a 5-item short form exists. open with attribution.
Related constructs in affect, wellbeing and quality of life
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