Positive and Negative Affect Schedule: Psychometric Properties for the Brazilian Portuguese Version

Abstract

This study is about the validity and item analysis for the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), respectively through the Exploratory Factor Analysis (principal components method) and the Partial Credit Model (PCM). The scale has been largely used in areas ranging from clinical to social psychology since its release in 1988 by Watson, Clark, and Tellegen. In order to assess validity and item properties (Item Response Theory paradigm), this is study administered PANAS to 354 respondents, 115 male and 239 female subjects, with an average age of 29.5 (SD = 10,18). The results show PANAS's excellent psychometric properties, with consistent dimensions and reliable item functioning, considering the Rasch measurement paradigm expressed in the PCM as an Item Response Theory model for polytomous data. The study considers important cultural issues and the results support more cautious translations for scales as well as further studies concerned with cross-cultural differences on the perception of affect states.

Estudio Correlacional Entre El Afecto Negativo Y El Rechazo Escolar

“…La afectividad negativa se ha asociado a sentimientos como la tristeza, el miedo, la culpa y la ira (Ebesutani et al, 2012;García-Fernández, Inglés, Vicent, Gonzálvez y Mañas, 2013;Pires, Figueiras, Ribas y Santana, 2013), así como a la ansiedad y la depresión (García-Fernández, Martínez-Monteagudo e Inglés, 2013; García-Fernández, Inglés, Gonzálvez, Vicent y Gómez-Núñez, 2013; Robles y Páez, 2003;Watson, Clark y Carey, 1988), siendo distintos los estudios que han obtenido correlaciones positivas de estas variables con los tres primeros factores de la SRAS-R-C (Higa et al, 2002;Kearney y Silverman, 1993).…”

Validation of the PANAS: A Measure of Positive and Negative Affect for Use with Cross-National Older Adults

“…The PANAS has been validated in various cultures and in different languages around the world (e.g., Chilean, English, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish) and the results have consistently shown good psychometric properties (Carvalho et al, 2013;Cotigă, 2012;Crawford & Henry, 2004;Dufey & Fernandez, 2012;Galinha, Pereira, & Esteves, 2014;Gyollai, Simor, Koteles, & Demetrovics, 2011;Pires, Filgueiras, Ribas, & Santana, 2013;Sandín et al, 1999;Terracciano, McCrae, & Costa, 2003). Currently, different versions of this measure are available, such as an extended and a shorter version compared to the original PANAS (e.g., Cotigă, 2012;MacKinnon et al, 1999), and one for children (e.g., Huebner & Dew, 1995;Crawford & Henry, 2004).…”

“…Currently, different versions of this measure are available, such as an extended and a shorter version compared to the original PANAS (e.g., Cotigă, 2012;MacKinnon et al, 1999), and one for children (e.g., Huebner & Dew, 1995;Crawford & Henry, 2004). Several versions of the PANAS have also been validated for Portuguese-speaking samples (Carvalho et al, 2013;Galinha, Pereira, & Esteves, 2014;Galinha & Pais-Ribeiro, 2005;Pires, Filgueiras, Ribas, & Santana, 2013), with good psychometric properties, and these reliably measured two distinct dimensions (PA and NA), based on the earlier work by Watson and his colleagues (1988). Additionally, previous research revealed some validations of the PANAS among small older samples (Albuquerque, Sousa, & Martins, 2010;Buz, Pérez-Arechaederra, Fernández-Pulido, & Urchaga, 2015;Nolla, Queral, & Miró, 2014).…”

Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance

“…Many researchers have developed and discussed the psychometric properties of the positive and negative affect scale (PANAS) (Chin, 2009;Chiu, Hung, & Chou, 2013;Pires, Filgueiras, Ribas, & Santana, 2013;Ebesutani, Okamura, Higa-McMillan, & Chorpita, 2011). Chin (2009) developed an instrument for assessing students' affect toward science writing and found that the instrument had the psychometric properties of reliability and validity in a sample of Taiwanese university students.…”