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Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
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About this scale
Affect refers to whether you feel emotionally in a positive or negative mood. An often used measure of both positive and negative affect is the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule PANAS (Watson, Clark, and Tellegen, 1988) . The PANAS scale gives a score for positive and negative affect between 10 and 50 points. In the original study with American undergraduates, the average positive affect (for the moment) was 29.7, and the average negative affect was 14
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