Affect Balance Scale (ABS)
Cite this measure View MeasureBradburn, N. M. (1969). The structure of psychological well-being. Chicago: Aldine.
| General information | |
| Purpose | Well-Being as a Moving Target: Measurement Equivalence of the Bradburn Affect Balance Scale is a 10 item questionnaire used to measure positive and negative of "a multisample, multicohort longitudinal investigation of psychological changes in later life." |
| Domain(s) | Goal Pursuit Life Satisfaction Positive Affect Quality of Life Sense of Meaning |
| Target population | Adult |
| Number of items | 10 |
| Administration format | self-report |
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| Availability in other languages | Dutch, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish |
| Fee for use | |
| Free | |
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| Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies | |
| McDowell, I. & Praught, E. (1982). On the measurement of happiness: An examination of the Bradburn Scale in the Canada Health Survey . American Journal of Epidemiology, 116, 949-958. Kim, K.A., Mueller, D.J. To Balance or not to Balance: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Affect-Balance Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies 2, 289–306 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013519931082 | |
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