| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Matthews, G.; Chamberlain, A.G.; Jones, D.M. |
| Title | Refining the Measurement of Mood: The UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist. |
| Source | British Journal of Psychology, 1990, Vol. 81, 17 - 42 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Students and volunteers for a keyboard training program, UK, 1986-89 |
| 1986-1989 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Respondents N = | 388 |
| Data for the factor analysis were taken from the 6 studies using the full version of the UMCL, giving total N of 388 | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 8 questions: ..how frequent one experienced in the past few weeks.. A happy B satisfied C contented D cheerful E sorry F sad G depressed H dissatisfied Rated for applicability: 4 definitely 3 slightly 2 slightly not 1 definitely not Summation: (A+B+C+D) - (E+F+G+H) Name: Hedonic Tone (HT) subscale of UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990) |
| Classification | A-AB-cm-mq-v-4-d |
| Author's label | hedonic tone |
| Page in publication | 23 |
| Remarks | -48 mood adjective items were selected from the adjective checklist of Sjoberg et al. (1979), Thayer (1967) and Mackay et al. (1978) to measure three hypothesized dimensions of energetic arousal, tense arousal, and hedonic tone/pleasure-displeasure. -Adjectives were presented at random. Ss were instructed to rate the applicability of each adjective to their present mood as "definitely", "slightly", "slightly not", or "definitely not" with 4 to 1 score. |
| Error estimates | alpha = .88 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -12 - 12 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 26.30 | |
| Standard deviation | 5.00 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Energetic arousal | show | Feeling energetic (vs lethargic, tired) |
| Energetic arousal | show | Feeling tranquil (vs restless), also classified as above ↑ |
| General arousal (tense & energetic) | show | Feeling energetic (vs lethargic, tired) |
| General arousal (tense & energetic) | show | Feeling tranquil (vs restless), also classified as above ↑ |
| Tense arousal | show | Feeling energetic (vs lethargic, tired) |
| Tense arousal | show | Feeling tranquil (vs restless), also classified as above ↑ |