About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2 |
| Subscales | Natural factor; Non-natural factor |
| Description | This instrument gathers responses about children's frequency and intensity of positive mood with a list of activities, events, objects, people and animals. |
| Example | Being around sea animals |
| Link | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behaviour-change/article/development-and-psychometric-evaluation-of-the-positive-affect-schedule-for-youth-pas-y/719DD5EEE9445D410313FEB6D9F69B2B |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 40 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 8-11 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .78-.85 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 2-factor solutio |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | All domains showed significant positive correlations with positive affect measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Youth Form (PANAS-Y), r= [.18,.62]; Relationships with the Negative Affect scale of the PANAS-Y were not significant. |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Bagot, K. L., & Gullone, E. (2003). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Positive Affect Schedule for Youth (PAS-Y). Behaviour Change, 20(2), 63-75. doi:10.1375/bech.20.2.63.24841 |