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Affect Balance Scale (ABS)

[ Developed in 1969 ]

	Author(s)
Bradbum Norman M Harris Irving B

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

To indicate the psychological reactions (positive or negative) of people in the general population to events in their daily life

Population:

Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Psychological functioning (incl. coping)

Mode of administration:

Self-administered
Interviewer-administered

Number of items:

Existence of database:

Time recall:

The past few weeks

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the USA

List of existing translations:

(the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

Cantonese	Dutch	Spanish	Vietnamese
Catalan	Laotian

Last update: August 2008
Last update in collaboration with the author: May 2008