The PANAS includes 2 higher-order scale scores (Positive Affect, Negative Affect) and 10 lower-order scale scores (Shyness, Fatigue, Serenity, Surprise, Fear, Hostility, Guilt, Sadness, Joviality, Self Assurance). There is no total score. Individuals rate on a 1-5 likert scale of what extent they feel each item from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely)
DATA ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
For each participant, enter the following information:
Column 1 = Participant ID#
Columns 2-61 = Item scores for items 1-60, range (1,5). Data entry begins with the left column on the questionnaire, and proceeds from top to bottom.
For missing values, enter “-999”
SCORING OUTPUT ABBREVIATIONS
PAX_PAF Positive Affect
PAX_NAF Negative Affect
PAX_ATT Attentiveness
PAX_SHY Shyness
PAX_FAT Fatigue
PAX_SRN Serenity
PAX_SUR Surprise
PAX_FER Fear
PAX_HOS Hostility
PAX_GLT Guilt
PAX_SAD Sadness
PAX_JOV Joviality
PAX_SAS Self Assurance
RESOURCE FILES
REFERENCES
Watson, D., Clark, L. A., & Tellegen, A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: the PANAS scales. Journal of personality and social psychology, 54(6), 1063.
Crawford, J. R., & Henry, J. D. (2004). The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): Construct validity, measurement properties and normative data in a large non‐clinical sample. British journal of clinical psychology, 43(3), 245-265.
Thompson, E. R. (2007). Development and validation of an internationally reliable short-form of the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS). Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 38(2), 227-242.
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