Affect Balance Scale (ABS)

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Bradburn, 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) Positive Affect
Target population Adult
Number of items 10
Administration format self-report
Additional formats
Alternate forms
Availability in other languages Dutch, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Laotian, Spanish
Fee for use
Free
Related information on use of the measure
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
Additional information

Harvard Center for Health and Happiness  https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/health-happiness/bradburn-scale-of-psychological-well-being-/#:~:text=Description%3A%20The%20Affect%20Balance%20Scale,satisfaction%20and%20general%20well%2Dbeing.&text=Examples%20of%20statement%2Fitems%3A%20“,things%20were%20going%20your%20way%3F”