Bradburn Affect Balance Scale.

ABS

What it measures

Psychological well-being as the balance of two independent dimensions - Positive Affect (5 items) and Negative Affect (5 items); the difference is the 'affect balance'.

Length and format

10 (5 PA + 5 NA). Originally yes/no (felt each in past few weeks); later Likert-type frequency adaptations (0 never - 4 very frequently) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into many languages over decades (ES, and others); used in international gerontology and wellbeing research

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Bradburn, N. M. (1969). The Structure of Psychological Well-Being. Chicago: Aldine.