| Selfreport on single question, answered every evening before retiring during six weeks (experience sampling) "On average; how elated or depressed, happy or unhappy you felt today....? 10 Complete elation, rapturous joy and soaring ecstasy 9 Very elated and in very high spirits. Tremendous delight and buoyancy 8 Elated and in high spirits 7 Feeling very good and cheerful 6 Feeling pretty good , "OK" 5 Feeling a little bit low. Just so-so 4 Spirits low and somewhat 'blue' 3 Depressed and feeling very low. Definitely 'blue' 2 Tremendously depressed. Feeling terrible, really miserable, "just awful" 1 Utter depression and gloom. Completely down. All is black and leaden. Wish it were all over. Name: Wessman & Ricks' `Elation - depression scale' | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, A-ARE | Affect: Average Repeated Overall Estimat |
| Time frame, md | last day |
| Mode, sqr | 1 question, repeated |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 10 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Gorman (1971): study US 1970 summer |
| Title | A Multivariate Study of the Relationship of Cognitive Control and Cognitive Style Principles to Reported Daily Mood Experiences. |
| Public | Undergraduate students, Nassau Community College, USA, 1970 |
| Reference | Harder (1969): study US 1969 |
| Title | Self-Actualization, Mood, and Personality Adjustment in Married Women. |
| Public | Married females, USA, 196? |
| Reference | Wessman & Ricks (1966): study US 1957 |
| Title | Mood and Personality. |
| Public | Female college students, Radcliff USA, followed 6 weeks, 1957 |
| Reference | Wessman et al. (1960): study US 1957 10-12 |
| Title | Characteristics and Concomitants of Mood Fluctuations in College Women. |
| Public | Female college students, followed 6 weeks, Radcliffe, USA, 1957 |