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Wellbeing and positive psychology

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Expanded Form.

PANAS-X

What it measures
General PA and NA (the original higher-order dimensions) PLUS 11 specific lower-order affect scales: Fear, Hostility, Guilt, Sadness, Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, Shyness, Fatigue, Serenity, Surprise.
Length and format
60 items. 5-pt intensity (as PANAS); flexible time frame (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Multiple-language adaptations exist (e.g. DE, ES, PT, JA); fewer than the brief PANAS
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
Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (1999). The PANAS-X: Manual for the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Expanded Form. University of Iowa.

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