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Wellbeing and positive psychology

Multiple Affect Adjective Check List - Revised.

MAACL-R

What it measures
State and trait affect across 5 scales - Anxiety, Depression, Hostility, Positive Affect, Sensation Seeking; summary scores Dysphoria (A+D+H) and PASS (PA+SS).
Length and format
132 adjectives (respondent checks those that apply). Adjective checklist (check/no-check); 'In General' (trait) and 'Today' (state) forms; short and long forms (checklist/symptom inventory)
Language versions
Several language adaptations (e.g. ES, and others); long history of use since the 1965 original
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
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Zuckerman, M., & Lubin, B. (1985). Manual for the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List - Revised. San Diego, CA: EdITS.

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