Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): Psychometric Properties and Discriminative Capacity in Several Chilean Samples.

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      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7805992 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-3918 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01632787 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eval Health Prof
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Newbury Park, Ca : Sage Publications
      Original Publication: Baltimore : Empirical Publications.
    • Subject Terms:
      Affect* ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales* ; Psychometrics* ; Self Report*; Depression/*psychology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Chile ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Reproducibility of Results
    • Abstract:
      We evaluated the factor structure, reliability, and discriminative capacity of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) questionnaire in four different samples: two general adult populations ( N = 1,548, N = 964), one adolescent population ( N = 1,044), and young people with depressive symptomatology ( N = 307). Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) were performed with subsamples from Studies 1 ( n = 773) and 2 ( n = 527), finding that the two- and three-factor solutions had a good fit. In a confirmatory factor analysis, the two-factor solution resulted in an adequate fit in a second set of subsamples from both studies ( n = 775, n = 517). In Study 3, we found good convergent and divergent validity with adequate and significant correlations found for depression (Beck's Depression Inventory), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), and neuroticism and extroversion (Big Five Inventory). In Study 4, the results of an EFA performed in a subsample ( n = 154) found that the two- and three-factor solutions were appropriate with the former solution being confirmed in a second subsample ( n = 153). Reliability was α = .85 for positive affect and α = .87 for negative affect. The PANAS questionnaire showed adequate indicators of validity and reliability in adult and adolescent populations as well as in a sample with depressive symptoms.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: PANAS; depressive symptomatology; negative affect; positive affect; psychometrics properties
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20171217 Date Completed: 20200810 Latest Revision: 20220410
    • Publication Date:
      20240513
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0163278717745344
    • Accession Number:
      29246086