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 |