Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale.

DPES

What it measures

Trait tendencies to experience seven discrete positive emotions - Joy, Contentment, Pride, Love, Compassion, Amusement, and Awe.

Length and format

38 (7 subscales of 4-6 items). 7-pt Likert (1 strongly disagree - 7 strongly agree) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Adapted into several languages (ES, ZH, IT and others)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Shiota, M. N., Keltner, D., & John, O. P. (2006). Positive emotion dispositions differentially associated with Big Five personality and attachment style. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1(2), 61-71.