TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive affect
T2 - a method of content analysis for verbal samples
AU - Westbrook, M. T.
PY - 1976
Y1 - 1976
N2 - A measure of positive affect using content analysis of verbal samples was devised and found to have satisfactory interjudge reliability. Normative data from five groups (29 psychiatric patients, 32 established students, 48 incoming students, 27 women reallocated in a housing development, and 200 new mothers) showed an association of positive affect levels with the situations subjects were undergoing. As predicted, positive affect levels were independent of subjects' backgrounds (e.g., sex, education level) and subjects' negative affects as measured by the Gottschalk Gleser scales, indicating the necessity for measuring people's positive affect when attempting to understand their experience.
AB - A measure of positive affect using content analysis of verbal samples was devised and found to have satisfactory interjudge reliability. Normative data from five groups (29 psychiatric patients, 32 established students, 48 incoming students, 27 women reallocated in a housing development, and 200 new mothers) showed an association of positive affect levels with the situations subjects were undergoing. As predicted, positive affect levels were independent of subjects' backgrounds (e.g., sex, education level) and subjects' negative affects as measured by the Gottschalk Gleser scales, indicating the necessity for measuring people's positive affect when attempting to understand their experience.
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U2 - 10.1037//0022-006X.44.5.715
DO - 10.1037//0022-006X.44.5.715
M3 - Article
C2 - 965544
AN - SCOPUS:0017106828
VL - 44
SP - 715
EP - 719
JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JF - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
SN - 0022-006X
IS - 5
ER -