Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: SPANE-P alpha 0.87; SPANE-N alpha 0.814 sample items
About this scale
A 12-item measure with 6 positive and 6 negative feelings to assess subjective affective well-being over the past four weeks.
Sample item(s)
“Positive (positive)”
“Pleasant (positive)”
“Bad (negative)”
“Unpleasant (negative)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: SPANE-P alpha 0.87; SPANE-N alpha 0.81. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use; complements PANAS.
Source & citation
Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010): New well-being measures. Social Indicators Research, Vol. 97, pp. 143–156.
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