TY - JOUR
AU1 - Watson, David
AU2 - Tellegen, Auke
AB - Reanalyses of a number of studies of self-reported mood indicate that Positive and Negative Affect consistently emerge as the first two Varimax rotated dimensions in orthogonal factor analyses or as the first two second-order factors derived from oblique solutions. The two factors emerged with varying sets of descriptors and were even replicated in several data sets characterized by possible methodological problems noted by earlier writers (acquiescence response bias, inappropriate response formats, and so on). The results thus strongly attest to the stability and robustness of Positive and Negative Affect in self-report. Because this same two-dimensional configuration has also been consistently identified in all of the other major lines of mood research, it is now firmly established as the basic structure of English-language affect at the general factor level.
TI - Toward a Consensual Structure of Mood
JF - Psychological Bulletin
DO - 10.1037/0033-2909.98.2.219
DA - 1985-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/toward-a-consensual-structure-of-mood-ML08lQORM0
SP - 219
EP - 235
VL - 98
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -