The positivity Scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 701-712

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a   Eisenberg, Nancy ^b   Kupfer, A ^b   Steca, Patrizia ^c   Caprara, Maria Giovanna ^d   Yamaguchi, Susumu ^e   Fukuzawa, Ai ^e   Abela, John ^f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmative factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Positive orientation; Psychometrics; Scale development; The positivity scale; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIG FIVE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLASSICAL TEST THEORY; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; OPTIMISM; POSITIVE NEGATIVE AFFECT; POSITIVITY SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORY; UNITED STATES; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873912806     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026681     Document Type: Article

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