Publications
7 shownConstructing validity: New developments in creating objective measuring instruments.
In this update of Clark and Watson (1995), we provide a synopsis of major points of our earlier article and discuss issues in scale construction that have become more salient as...
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
In recent studies of the structure of affect, positive and negative affect have consistently emerged as two dominant and relatively independent dimensions. A number of mood scal...
Negative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states.
A number of apparently diverse personality scales—variously called trait anxiety, neuroticism, ego strength, general maladjustment, repression-sensitization, and social desirabi...
Health complaints, stress, and distress: Exploring the central role of negative affectivity.
Most current models in health psychology assume that stress adversely affects physical health. We re-examined this assumption by reviewing extensive data from the literature and...
Constructing validity: Basic issues in objective scale development.
A primary goal of scale development is to create a valid measure of an underlying construct. We discuss theoretical principles, practical issues, and pragmatic decisions to help...
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- 7
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- 50,618
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- Southern Methodist University
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- 0000-0002-9605-0576
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