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Laurent, Jeff; Joiner, Thomas E., Jr.; Catanzaro, Salvatore J. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children (PANAS-C) and the Physiological Hyperarousal Scale for Children (PH-C) seem ideal measures for school mental health screenings, because they are theory based, psychometrically sound, and brief. This study provides descriptive information and preliminary cutoff scores in an effort to increase the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cutting Scores, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Proctor, Carmel; Linley, P. Alex; Maltby, John – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This study investigated the characteristics of adolescents reporting very high levels of life satisfaction. Participants (N = 410) were divided into three life satisfaction groups: very high (top 10%), average (middle 25%), and very low (lowest 10%). Results revealed that very happy youths had significantly higher mean scores on all included…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Student Characteristics, Social Indicators