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The Youth Version of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule: A Psychometric Validation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Kay Wilson ,
Eleonora Gullone  and
Simon Moss
Kay Wilson
Affiliation:
Monash University
Eleonora Gullone*
Affiliation:
Monash University
Simon Moss
Affiliation:
Monash University
*
Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia. E-mail: E.Gullone@sci.monash.edu.au
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This study investigated the psychometric properties of the revised Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C; Joiner, Catanzaro & Laurent, 1996) in 228 nonclinical children and adolescents aged between 8 and 15 years. The results revealed that the PANAS-C possesses high internal consistency and encouraging convergent validity, as demonstrated by correlations with the theoretically related constructs of Neuroticism and Extraversion. Construct validity was supported through confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed a two dimensional structure comprising Negative and Positive Affect. Divergent validity was confirmed by the nonsignificant correlation between positive and negative affect. Thus, the PANAS-C was demonstrated to have good reliability and validity, subject to minor changes in item content.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 187 - 193
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Copyright © The Authors 1998

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