Psychometric analysis of PANAS in Brazil

The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) is presently one of the most used instruments in the investigation of affective states, both in adults and children. The present study was carried out with the objective of evaluating, from the psychometric point of view, a Brazilian version of this...

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Authors: Nunes, Lucas Yukio Otsuka, Lemos, Daniel Campos Lopes, Ribas, Rodolfo de Castro Júnior, Behar, Cláudia Brandão, Pedro Paulo Pires
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Uruguay
Institution:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repository:LIBERI
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/5432
Online Access:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/1808
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5432
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:psychometry
Panas
scale
factorial analysis
emotion
psicometría
escala
análisis factorial
emoción
psicometria
análise fatorial
emoção
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Summary:The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) is presently one of the most used instruments in the investigation of affective states, both in adults and children. The present study was carried out with the objective of evaluating, from the psychometric point of view, a Brazilian version of this scale in a national sample. Besides the psychometric properties, the convergent validity of the instrument was also evaluated. Altogether, 2648 university students enrolled in the Psychology and Engineering courses of a private university participated in this research, in 15 Brazilian cities, responding to the electronic questionnaire made available on the Internet. Participants also answered the Visual Analogue Scale of Psychological Well-being (FACES), the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) and the Mental Health Index Scale (MHI-5). The analysis of the results indicates that PANAS presents satisfactory psychometric properties that authorize its use in Brazil.