| Selfreport on 3 questions: A. "How often do you feel that you are really enjoying life? Would you say: 5 very often, 4 fairly often, 3 occasionally, 2 rarely, 1 never." B. "How often do you feel downcast or dejected? Would you say: 1 very often, 2 fairly often, 3 occasionally, 4 rarely 5 never. C. "In general how would you say you feel most of the time? Would you say: 5 very good spirits, 4 fairly good spirits, 3 neither good spirits nor low spirits, 2 fairly low spirits, 1 very low spirits. Summation: average A , B and C Name: Brenner's `Three component Quality of Affect Scale' | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, A-BBr | Affect: Balance (Brenner's index) |
| Time frame, g | generally |
| Mode, mq | multiple questions |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 5 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Brenner (1975): study US Washington County, Maryland 1973 |
| Title | Quality of Affect and Self-Evaluated Happiness. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Washington County, Maryland, USA, 1973-1974 |