| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Zautra, A.J.; Davis, M.C.; Johnson, L.M. |
| Title | Positive Affect as a Source of Resilience for Women in Chronic Pain. |
| Source | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005, Vol. 73, 212 - 220 |
| DOI | doi:10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.212 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Female chronic pain patients, Arizona, USA, followed 10 weeks, 200? |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Study criteria for participants: a) weekly pain level over 20 on scale 0 (= no pain) to 100 (= pain as bad as can be); b) not involved in health litigation; c) with romantic partner; d) diagnosed after 1988. Recruitments means: fliers at physicians and public locations, newspaper ads, senior citizens groups, arthritis groups, mailings to Arthritis Foundation. 332 Participants screened; 124 participants in study. | |
| Respondents N = | 124 |
| Non Response | 0 |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| At home | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 20 questions. This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you felt this way during the past week?: A nervous B distressed C afraid D jittery E irritable F upset G scared H exiled I ashamed J guilty K hostile L active M determined N inspired O enthusiastic P alert Q attentive R proud S strong T interested Answer options: 1 very slightly or not at all 2 a little 3 moderately 4 quite a bit 5 extremely Negative affect score (NAS): (A to K)/10 Positive affect score (PAS): (L to T)/10 Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('past week' version) |
| Classification | A-BW-cw-mq-v-5-d |
| Remarks | ABS = PA -NA= 1,33 computed by us. PA= 3,04 (3.16*86+2.78*38)/124; NA= 1,71 (1,66*86+1,83*38)/124. Average of about 9 weekly interviews; extension to 12 weeks to include at least one stressfull week. |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -4 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 1.33 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| disease | show | Chronic pain (z70-76) |
| disease | show | Rheumatism (m00-25), also classified as above ↑ |