Hudson W. de Carvalho|Sérgio Baxter Andreoli|Diogo R. Lara|Christopher J. Patrick|Maria Inês Quintana|Rodrigo A. Bressan|Marcelo F. de Melo|Jair de Jesus Mari|Miguel Roberto Jorge
Structural validity and reliability of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): Evidence from a large Brazilian community sample
Universidade Federal de Pelotas|Universidade Católica de Santos|Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul|Florida State University|Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Paulo
positive negative affect two psychobiologicaldispositional dimensions reflecting proneness positive negative activation influence extent individuals experience life events joyful distressful positive negative affect schedule panas structured questionnaire provides independent indexes positive negative affect study aimed validate brazilian interviewversion panas means factor internal consistency analysisa representative community sample 3728 individuals residing cities paulo rio de janeiro brazil voluntarily completed panas exploratory structural equation model analysis based maximum likelihood estimation reliability calculated via cronbachs alpha coefficientour results provide support hypothesis panas reliably measures two distinct dimensions positive negative affectthe structure reliability brazilian version panas consistent original version taken together results attest validity brazilian adaptation instrument