title: Measuring positive and negative affect and physiological hyperarousal among Serbian youth.
abstract: This study extended previous cross-cultural work regarding the tripartite model of anxiety and depression by developing Serbian translations of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children (PANAS-C), the Physiological Hyperarousal Scale for Children (PH-C), and the Affect and Arousal Scale (AFARS). Characteristics of the scales were examined using 449 students (M age = 12.61 years). Applying item retention criteria established in other studies, PH-C, PANAS-C, and AFARS translations with psychometric properties similar to English-language versions were identified. Preliminary validation of the scales was conducted using a subset of 194 students (M age = 12.37 years) who also completed measures of anxiety and depression. Estimates of reliability, patterns of correlations among scales, and age and gender differences were consistent with previous studies with English-speaking samples. Findings regarding scale validity were mixed, although consistent with existing literature. Serbian translations of the PH-C, PANAS-C, and AFARS mirror the original English-language scales in terms of both strengths and weaknesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital Sombor, Serbia. dejanstevanovic@eunet.rs
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stevanovic
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lakic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D000367:Age Factors; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001143:Arousal; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005008:Ethnopsychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D055771:Serbia; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires