title: A grade four reading level key for the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised.
abstract: Data from samples of College Students (n = 433), Adolescents (n = 746), and a community mental health center sample (Outpatients) (n = 202) were rescored using a scoring key that consisted of adjectives from the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised at or below the Grade 4 reading level (MAACL-R4). Factor analyses showed that, unlike the MAACL-R, a three-factor structure (Positive Affect 4, Anxious Depression 4, and Hostility 4) best described the 38 Grade 4 adjectives on the MAACL-R4. Estimates of reliability (internal consistency and test-retest) for each scale were acceptable. Correlations between scores on MAACL-R4 and four Self-rating Mood Scales showed expected convergent and discriminant validities. Also, patterns of means among the three groups could differentiate the nonreferred from referred samples.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lubin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Whitlock
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004522:Educational Status; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology