Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List: Current Overview and Structural Analysis

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 607-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Thayer
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scales ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Physiological Changes ◽  
Check List ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Self Rating ◽  
Rating Format ◽  
Arousal Model ◽  
Different Levels

The Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List (AD ACL) is a multidimensional self-rating test constructed and extensively validated for rapid assessments of momentary activation or arousal states. The two core dimensions, energetic arousal (including tiredness) and tense arousal (including calmness) have been replicated repeatedly. They bear a complex relationship to each other involving positive and negative correlations at different levels of intensity. The dimensions are associated with a variety of arousal-related characteristics, including physiological changes, sleep-wake cycles, exercise effects, cognitive and information processing functions, various mood states, and a number of concomitants of stress. Finally, in a reported empirical study designed to investigate the somewhat uncommon self-rating format of this check list, alternative rating scales were employed with the same adjective descriptors. Factor analyses of respondents' ratings indicated that the factor structure of activation descriptors remained essentially the same with each scale. In this context, the importance of the underlying arousal model in relation to the activation descriptors is discussed.

A Grade Four Reading Level Key for the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised

1998 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Lubin ◽  
Rodney Van Whitlock
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health Center ◽  
Mental Health Center ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Check List ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Affect Adjective ◽  
Three Factor

Data from samples of College Students ( n = 433), Adolescents ( n = 746), and a community mental health center sample (Outpatients) ( n = 202) were re-scored using a scoring key that consisted of adjectives from the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised at or below the Grade 4 reading level (MAACL–R4). Factor analyses showed that, unlike the MAACL–R, a three-factor structure (Positive Affect 4, Anxious Depression 4, and Hostility 4) best described the 38 Grade 4 adjectives on the MAACL–R4. Estimates of reliability (internal consistency and test-retest) for each scale were acceptable. Correlations between scores on MAACL–R4 and four Self-rating Mood Scales showed expected convergent and discriminant validities. Also, patterns of means among the three groups could differentiate the nonreferred from referred samples.

Adjective Check List as a Measure of Self-Perception

1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 603-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Holroyd ◽  
M. Cohen ◽  
J. Bickley
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Check List ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Self Rating ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Cross Correlations ◽  
Two Measures

The Adjective Check List (ACL) and a self-rating schedule (SRS) made up of Murray's needs taken from the ACL manual were administered to 27 graduate students in psychology on two separate occasions. Test-retest reliabilities were low for both tests, SRS reliabilities being appreciably lower than those for the ACL. Correlations between these two measures of self-description were also low and varied considerably from one testing to the next. Correcting the average cross-correlations for unreliability in the two scales still indicated that slightly less than half of their reliable variance was held in common. Reasons for the poor reliabilities and the poor cross-correlations were discussed and avenues for further research suggested.

Childbirth and Posttraumatic Stress Responses

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelco Olde ◽  
Rolf J. Kleber ◽  
Onno van der Hart ◽  
Victor J.M. Pop
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Self Rating ◽  
The Impact

Childbirth has been identified as a possible traumatic experience, leading to traumatic stress responses and even to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in a group of women who recently gave birth (N = 435). In addition, a comparison was made between the original IES and the IES-R. The scale showed high internal consistency (α = 0.88). Using confirmatory factor analysis no support was found for a three-factor structure of an intrusion, an avoidance, and a hyperarousal factor. Goodness of fit was only reasonable, even after fitting one intrusion item on the hyperarousal scale. The IES-R correlated significantly with scores on depression and anxiety self-rating scales, as well as with scores on a self-rating scale of posttraumatic stress disorder. Although the IES-R can be used for studying posttraumatic stress reactions in women who recently gave birth, the original IES proved to be a better instrument compared to the IES-R. It is concluded that adding the hyperarousal scale to the IES-R did not make the scale stronger.

Adjective Check List

1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrison G. Gough ◽  
Alfred B. Heilbrun
Keyword(s):  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List

Multiple Affect Adjective Check List--Revised

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Zuckerman ◽  
Benard Lubin ◽  
Christine M. Rinck
Keyword(s):  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Affect Adjective

Anxiety Levels of Six Helicopter Ambulance Medics in a Combat Zone

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 821-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Bourne ◽  
William M. Coli ◽  
William E. Datel
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Combat Casualties ◽  
Affect Adjective

Anxiety scale scores from the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List were significantly related to the daily activities of 6 Army medics performing helicopter ambulance evacuations of combat casualties.

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