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Affect is the short-term tone and activation of experience. It sits below broad life satisfaction and above one isolated emotion. A week can include focus, energy, and determination at the same time as nervousness, shame, fear, or upset, so a single good-versus-bad mood line often hides the pattern that matters.
PANAS-style ratings split affect into two related but separate domains. Positive Affect describes pleasant activation such as alertness, inspiration, attention, determination, and active engagement. Negative Affect describes unpleasant activation such as distress, hostility, shame, nervous tension, and fear. The two totals can move in opposite directions, but they can also rise together during a demanding week or both stay low during a quiet, flat, or fatigued period.
The recall window changes the meaning of every answer. A "right now" rating can be dominated by one conversation, a sleepless night, or a recent success. A past-week rating blends several days of memory, context, and intensity. Comparisons are cleaner when the same time frame is used each time, because a stressful morning and a full week are different kinds of evidence.
People use affect snapshots for weekly reflection, therapy or coaching preparation, study check-ins, workplace wellbeing notes, and tracking how routines, health, sleep, conflict, or workload relate to emotional activation. The useful question is not whether the week was simply good or bad. It is which feelings were strongest, whether energy and distress moved together, and whether the pattern is unusual enough to discuss with someone who can help.
Affect scores are still self-report data from a defined window. They do not diagnose anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma, or any other condition, and they cannot measure safety risk. Strong, unsafe, persistent, or disruptive distress deserves direct human support even when a score seems moderate.
Answer all 10 feeling words against the same past-week frame. The report is held until every rating is complete.
Read Positive Affect and Negative Affect as two totals, not as one subtraction. Higher Positive Affect points to more alertness, energy, focus, and engagement in the past week. Higher Negative Affect points to more distress, fear, shame, hostility, nervousness, or upset during the same window.
The Current split label is a cue, not a replacement for the separate domain totals. Subtracting NA from PA can hide mixed weeks, especially when both totals are high. Compare the PA total, the NA total, and the top-rated words together.
Response-scale labels such as Mostly moderate describe the average item rating inside one domain. They are not clinical severity bands, and they do not confirm or rule out anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, or any other condition.
The 10-item short form uses five Positive Affect words and five Negative Affect words. Each word is rated from 1 to 5, and each domain is scored by addition. There are no reverse-scored items, so a higher value always means the word was endorsed more strongly for the selected recall period.
The original PANAS framework treats Positive Affect and Negative Affect as distinct affect dimensions. The short form preserves that structure by returning two domain totals rather than compressing the answers into one mood score. A difference value can show which total is numerically higher, but interpretation still depends on the two totals and the item pattern.
The Positive Affect total adds Alert, Inspired, Determined, Attentive, and Active. The Negative Affect total adds Upset, Hostile, Ashamed, Nervous, and Afraid.
Each domain has five items, so PA and NA each range from 5 to 25. The domain mean divides the total by five and returns the score to the original response scale. For example, Alert 4, Inspired 4, Determined 3, Attentive 4, and Active 4 produce PA 19/25 and a PA mean of 3.80/5.
| Output | Construction | Range | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Affect total | Alert + Inspired + Determined + Attentive + Active | 5 to 25 | Engagement, attention, drive, and active energy for the recall week. |
| Negative Affect total | Upset + Hostile + Ashamed + Nervous + Afraid | 5 to 25 | Distress, fear, shame, hostility, and nervous tension for the recall week. |
| Domain mean | Domain total divided by 5 | 1.00 to 5.00 | Shows the average item endorsement using the original rating scale. |
| Current split | Positive Affect total minus Negative Affect total | -20 to +20 | Names which total is higher without replacing the separate PA and NA scores. |
The guide labels are inclusive response-scale bands. A mean of 3.40 enters Mostly quite a bit, while 3.39 remains Mostly moderate. The labels describe item intensity only; they are not diagnostic cutoffs or population norms.
| Guide label | Mean range | Total range | Plain reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly very slight / not at all | 1.00 to 1.79 | 5 to 8 | Most words in the domain were near the response floor. |
| Mostly a little | 1.80 to 2.59 | 9 to 12 | The domain was present, but generally light. |
| Mostly moderate | 2.60 to 3.39 | 13 to 16 | The domain had noticeable weight during the week. |
| Mostly quite a bit | 3.40 to 4.19 | 17 to 20 | Several words carried strong intensity. |
| Mostly extremely | 4.20 to 5.00 | 21 to 25 | The domain was rated near the top of the response scale. |
The word ranking uses the individual 1 to 5 scores and highlights words rated 3 or higher as review signals because 3 means at least Moderately. Repeated runs are most comparable when the same recall frame, item wording, and response scale are kept fixed.
PANAS-SF scores are self-report affect data. They can support reflection, conversation, and trend notes, but they cannot diagnose a mental health condition, measure crisis risk, or replace clinical assessment.
Alert 4, Inspired 4, Determined 3, Attentive 4, and Active 4 produce Positive side 19/25 with a mean of 3.80/5. Upset 3, Hostile 2, Ashamed 2, Nervous 4, and Afraid 3 produce Negative side 14/25 with a mean of 2.80/5. Current split reports the positive total higher by 5, while Word intensity ladder still makes Nervous the strongest negative word to review.
A Positive Affect total of 17/25 gives a mean of 3.40/5, so the guide label moves to Mostly quite a bit. A Negative Affect total of 16/25 gives 3.20/5 and stays Mostly moderate. That label change is about response intensity, not a clinical severity step.
If the progress label says 9 / 10 answered, Affect snapshot, Affect split ring, Word intensity ladder, and Answer review are not ready. Use the word navigator to find the unchecked item, choose a 1 to 5 rating, and then confirm the completed PA and NA totals.
Use Current split as a quick cue only. PA and NA stay visible because subtraction can hide weeks where engagement and distress were both high.
No. Negative Affect describes how strongly five unpleasant feeling words fit the past week. Diagnosis depends on symptoms, duration, impairment, history, and professional assessment.
The totals need five PA ratings and five NA ratings. If one word is missing, use the progress bar or navigator to find it before reading the completed score.
The answer review treats 3 or higher as a review signal because it means at least Moderately. It is a prompt to inspect that word, not a cutoff for diagnosis.
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