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The independence of positive and negative affect depends on the affect measure

Boris Egloff

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PsychometricsPositive and Negative Affect ScheduleMood inductionTest validityPsychologyAffect (psychology)General PsychologyAffect measuresIndependence (probability theory)Developmental psychologyEmotion induction

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Abstract This study examined the degree of independence between Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA) within a given situation. The affective state was measured before and after an experimentally induced success or failure experience in an anagram task. Two types of affect measures were used to assess PA and NA: the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and a Pleasantness-Unpleasantness scale. Consistent with our hypotheses, results show that PA and NA are independent when measured with the PANAS but are correlated when assessed with the other scale. These PA-NA correlations differed significantly from each other before and after emotion induction, respectively. Additional analyses indicate that both PA scales are differentially sensitive to the mood induction procedure. The findings are discussed with respect to circumplex models of emotion.

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1998-12-01Personality and Individual Differences
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8869(98)00105-6