title: Examining the Factor Structure and Structural Invariance of the PANAS Across Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.
abstract: It is unclear what factor structure best represents the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) from childhood to adulthood. The PANAS structure was examined in a sample of 555 children (M age = 11.66, SD = 1.24), 608 adolescents (M age = 15.45, SD = 1.09), and 553 young adults (M age = 18.75, SD = 1.00). A partially invariant model consisting of Positive Affect, Fear, and Distress factors best represented the PANAS across all age groups, indicating that the underlying constructs are the same across age but that the factors become increasingly interrelated with increasing age.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Nicholas P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Florida State University.|b Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lonigan
authors.affiliation: b Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University.|c Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Beth M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult