Interpreting mood scores: clinical implications of individual differences in mood variability.

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  • Author(s): Cooper C;Cooper C; McConville C
  • Source:
    The British journal of medical psychology [Br J Med Psychol] 1990 Sep; Vol. 63 ( Pt 3), pp. 215-25.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
      Original Publication: London [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Affect* ; Arousal* ; Individuality* ; Personality Tests*; Anxiety/psychology ; Depression/psychology ; Extraversion, Psychological ; Humans ; Psychometrics ; Reference Values
    • Abstract:
      Mood variability is shown to be a stable characteristic of individuals, such individual differences accounting for some 25 per cent of the total variability of mood scores over time. This large effect is shown to have three major consequences: it is impossible to use tables of norms to assess the severity of a given mood for an individual; the whole logic of using norms for the interpretation of moods is flawed; and correlations between moods and traits have been underestimated in the literature. Various techniques are discussed for minimizing the effects of bias caused by individual differences in mood variability.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19900901 Date Completed: 19910109 Latest Revision: 20191210
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb01614.x
    • Accession Number:
      2245198