Positivity Scale.
P Scale
- What it measures
- Positivity / positive orientation - the basic dispositional tendency to view oneself, life, and the future favourably (the latent core shared by self-esteem, life satisfaction, and optimism).
- Length and format
- 8 items. 5-pt Likert (1 strongly disagree - 5 strongly agree); 1 item reverse-scored (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Used/validated in the US, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, Serbia, and Brazil (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
- Caprara, G. V., Alessandri, G., Eisenberg, N., et al. (2012). The Positivity Scale. Psychological Assessment, 24(3), 701-712.
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