BRADBURN SCALE OF PSYCHOLOGIC WELL （BRADBURN心理规模）.pdf

BRADBURN SCALE OF PSYCHOLOGIC WELL- BEING (also known as the Affect Balance Scale) Reference: Bradburn N.M.(1969). The structure of psychological well-being. Chicago: Aldine. Description of Measure: The scale is made up of two components: the positive affect and the negative affect component. Each component has 5 items. The scale asks participants if, in the past few weeks, they have felt certain emotions. The participant answers “Yes” or “No” to each question. The “No” score is subtracted from the “Yes” score to create a positive/negative affect difference score. Abstracts of Selected Related Articles: 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. Certain characteristics of the Bradburn scale of psychologic well-being which have been criticized in recent discussions are re-examined using data from the 1978-1979 national Canada Health Survey. This large data set (N = 17,279) enabled the authors to examine the questions In a representative sample of the noninstltutionallzed population. Reference standards are derived showing response frequencies by age and sex. In addition, the validity of the theoretic foundation of the scale is examined. The conclusions suggest that the items measure two dimensions of affect and are appilcable In at least two different cultural groups. However, under certain circumstances the affect balance score does not provide the most adequate summary of the data, and the notion of independence between positive and negative affect does not hold for all of the questions. The authors conclude that two of the questions In particular appear weak, but that the design of