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Psychometric properties and standardised data for questionnaires measuring negative affect, dispositional style and daily hassles. A nation‐wide sample
Author(s) -
Scott Berit,
Melin Lennart
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9450.00088
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , trait , cronbach's alpha , anger , anxiety , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychiatry , power (physics) , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language , geometry , mathematics
Within the behavioral field, self‐report inventories measuring emotional condition from a state/trait perspective are in frequent use. Some of these measures have insufficient standardisation and/or are out of date. In order to upgrade some of the frequently used self‐report inventories a nation‐wide survey ( N =2500) was performed. Measures of negative affect (state‐anxiety STAI‐S , trait‐anger STAS‐T ), and depression ( CES‐D ), dispositional style ( LOT ) and daily hassles ( DH ) were examined. Psychometric data and demographic differences for all the inventories used are presented. The reliability measures for the scales show high consistency, ranging from 0.76 to 0.95 (Cronbach’s alpha). The overall results indicate that females are more hassled, depressed, anxious, hostile, and have a more negative dispositional style than males. These results are most pronounced among younger females.