Scale of Positive and Negative Experience.
SPANE
Frequency of positive and negative feelings over the past 4 weeks; 6 positive + 6 negative items (each set mixes 3 general and 3 specific feelings). Yields SPANE-P, SPANE-N, and an affect-balance score (SPANE-B).
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 12 (6 positive + 6 negative). 5-pt frequency (1 very rarely/never - 5 very often/always); SPANE-B ranges -24 to +24 (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Translated/validated in 20+ languages incl. ZH, ES, PT, FR, IT, DE, FA, JA and others
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143-156.
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