PSY 309 Results - Positive and Negative Affect Scale

The PANAS is designed to measure Positive and Negative Affect. These can be defined as follows:

Positive Affect (PA) reflects the extent to which a person feels enthusiastic, active, and alert.

        HIGH PA is a state of high energy, full concentration, and pleasurable engagement
        LOW PA is characterized by sadness and lethargy


Negative Affect (NA) is a general dimension of subjective distress and unpleasurable engagement that subsumes a wide variety of aversive mood states.

        HIGH NA is associated with anger, contempt, disgust, guilt, fear, and nervousness.
        LOW NA is characterized as by a state of calmness and serenity.


To read more about the PANAS, see:

Watson, D., Clark, L.A., & Tellegen, A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1063-1070.
        An article on age-related differences and change in Positive and Negative Affect over 23 years


Your Scores

Remember, your scores are presented in z-scores. For a review of how to interpret z-scores, click here.

ID	PA	NA
101	.32	-.79
111	.99	-1.04
219	.72	-.03
254	1.13	-.79
259	-.5	-.79
283	.05	.22
295	-.77	2.73
310	2.21	-.79
311	.05	-1.04
331	-1.98	-.54
366	-.23	.97
368	-.36	-.54
371	2.07	-.79
457	-.36	-.03
539	-.63	-.03
579	-1.71	1.73
648	1.26	-.03
687	-1.17	.22
689	-1.04	2.23
755	.18	-.28
757	-1.17	.97
796	.32	-.03
810	-.5	-1.04
873	.05	-.28
885	-.23	-.28
897	.45	.72
910	.59	-.28
955	-.63	1.47
961	-.36	-1.04
987	1.26	-.79

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