THE FACTORIAL GENERALITY OF BRIEF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT MEASURES
THE FACTORIAL GENERALITY OF BRIEF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT MEASURES
复制标题
DOI：
10.1093/geronj/47.4.p228
复制
发表时间：
1992-07-01
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
PARMELEE, PA
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
LAWTON, MP;KLEBAN, MH;PARMELEE, PA
本研究采用实证因素分析的方法对5项情感评定量表的结构进行了检验，该量表旨在测量积极情感和消极情感。一个被提出的复杂情感结构是构建量表的来源，这些量表代表了一组积极的术语，包括愉快和激活;消极的术语代表焦虑、抑郁和敌意。假设的简单结构的积极和消极的特质影响因素，与它们之间的中度相关，在所有的情况下，被发现。同样的结构被确认为年轻的成年人，中年人，老年人的健康和高于平均水平的教育。尽管所有其他组都出现了假设的简单结构的积极和消极因素，但其他三个因素等效性测试未能得到证实：老年人组的特质和状态因素并不相同。来自健康和体弱老人的因素结构不同。当考虑因素时，虚弱的老年人之间的变异性和同一个人30天内的变异性也显示出不等价性。虽然这些量表在评估情感方面非常有用，但在某些受试者群体之间进行比较时应谨慎。
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the structure of 5-item affect rating scales designed to measure positive affect and negative affect. A proposed circumplex affect structure was the source of scales constructed to represent a cluster of positive terms, including pleasantness and activation; the negative terms represented anxiety, depression, and hostility. The hypothesized simple-structured positive and negative trait affect factors, with a moderate correlation between them, were found in all cases. Equivalent structure was confirmed for younger adults, middle-aged, and older adults of good health and above-average education. Although the hypothesized simple-structured positive and negative factors emerged for all other groups, three other tests of factor equivalence failed to be confirmed: trait and state factors in the older adult group were not identical. Factors derived from healthy and frail elders were structurally different. Variability among frail elders and variability over 30 days within the same person, when factored, also showed nonequivalence. Although the scales are extremely useful in assessing affect, comparisons across some subject groups should be made with caution.