Multiple Affect Adjective Check List - Revised.
MAACL-R
State and trait affect across 5 scales - Anxiety, Depression, Hostility, Positive Affect, Sensation Seeking; summary scores Dysphoria (A+D+H) and PASS (PA+SS).
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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
- 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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