International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form.
I-PANAS-SF
- What it measures
- Brief, cross-culturally robust Positive Affect and Negative Affect (5 PA + 5 NA items selected for international invariance).
- Length and format
- 10 (5 PA + 5 NA). 5-pt frequency/intensity (1 very slightly/not at all - 5 extremely) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Validated in 20+ languages incl. ES, ZH, IT, AR and others; selected expressly for translation robustness
- 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
- Thompson, E. R. (2007). Development and validation of an internationally reliable short-form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38(2), 227-242.
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