Affect and Arousal Scale (AFARS)
Cite this measure| General information | |
| Purpose | The AFARS Measures core emotional factors in children and adolescents, including positive affect, negative affect, and physiological hyperarousal, in contrast to instruments that measure specific symptoms of anxiety or depression. |
| Domain(s) | Positive Affect |
| Target population | Child |
| Number of items | 27 |
| Administration format | self-report |
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| Availability in other languages | Dutch, Serbian, Mandarin |
| Fee for use | |
| Free | |
| Related information on use of the measure | |
Please contact Bruce F. Chorpita to obtain rating scales, scoring instructions, and norm tables free of charge. chorpita@ucla.edu |
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| Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies | |
Bruce F Chorpita, Eric L Daleiden, Catherine Moffitt, Letitia Yim, & Lori A Umemoto. (2000). Assessment of Tripartite Factors of Emotion in Children and Adolescents I: Structural Validity and Normative Data of an Affect and Arousal Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 22(2), 141–. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007584423617 Daleiden, E., Chorpita, B.F. & Lu, W. Assessment of Tripartite Factors of Emotion in Children and Adolescents II: Concurrent Validity of the Affect and Arousal Scales for Children. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 22, 161–182 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007536507687 |
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