tsk_4a57abb949d09 Cognitive Atlas : Lexicon : Positive and Negative Affect Scale RDF output for 'Positive and Negative Affect Scale' InteractiveResource Cognitive Atlas Cognitive Atlas RDF Generator Carinna Torgerson 2011-06-22 15:46:49 text/rdf en Generated by testgen.php on Sat Feb 11 0:46:55 PST 2012. Revision 2: 1 previous definitions. See http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/id/tsk_4a57abb949d09 for complete revision history. http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept SKOS properties defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/#secrel A psychometric scale to measure positive and negative affects in individuals, and both as states and traits. Positive affect questions assess to what extent the participant is attentive, interested, alert, excited, enthusiastic, inspired, proud, determined, strong and active. Negative affect questions assess to what extent the participant is distressed, upset, hostile, irritable, scared, afraid, ashamed, guilty, nervous, and jittery. Participants answer questions on a Likert scale where 0=very, 1=slightly or not at all, 2=a little, 3=moderately, 4=quite a bit, and 5=very much. The questionnaire asks whether participants have felt these traits "during the past few weeks" (trait) and "during the past few days" (state). Positive and Negative Affect Scale mood is measured by the contrast of State Affect trials in the Positive and Negative Affect Scale happiness is measured by the contrast of standard deviation from the mean score trials in the Positive and Negative Affect Scale sadness is measured by the contrast of standard deviation from the mean score trials in the Positive and Negative Affect Scale