| Selfreport on 10 questions: "During the past week, did you ever feel.....?" A So restless that you could not sit long in a chair B Proud, because someone had complimented you C Very lonely or remote from people? D Pleased about having accomplished something E Bored F On top of the world? G Depressed H That things were going your way? I Upset because someone criticized you? J Could not do anything, simply because you could not start? Answer options and scoring: - yes = 1 - no = 0 Summation: Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on B,D F,H Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on A,C,E,G,I,J Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Possible range -6 to +4 Name: Bradburn's `Affect Balance Scale' (adapted version) | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, A-BB | Affect: Balance (Bradburn's index) |
| Time frame, cw | last week |
| Mode, mq | multiple questions |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 2 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Greaves-Otte et al. (1991): study NL 1990 |
| Title | Problems at Social Re-Integration of Long-Term Cancer Survivors. |
| Public | Ex-cancer patients, the Netherlands, 1987 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Halman et al. (1987): study ZZ EU 10 1981 |
| Title | Traditie, Secularisatie en Individualisering. (Tradition, Secularization and Individualisation- a Study into the Values of the Dutch within a European Context |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, EU 10 nations, 1981 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Noelle-Neumann (1977a): study XZ Germany West 1973 |
| Title | Politik und Glück. (Politics and Happiness). |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1973 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Palisi & Canning (1983): study ZZ Western nations 1977 |
| Title | Urbanism and Social Psychological Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Test of Three Theories. |
| Public | Males, metropolitan areas, England, USA, Australia, 1977-1980 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Toussaint & Friedman (2009): study US 2004 |
| Title | Forgiveness, Gratitude and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs. |
| Public | Psychotherapy outpatients, Philadelphia, USA, 2004 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |