Table 3.

Distributions of responses to affectivity scale items (%)

During the last year how often have you felt...	Never	Hardly ever	Occasionally	Fairly often	Very often
annoyed with someone?*	0.9	10.5	57.9	22.7	8.0
very lonely or remote from other people?*	12.5	38.1	34.3	9.4	5.6
that things were going your way?	1.4	9.1	35.9	46.7	6.9
very worried?*	1.9	21.4	46.7	20.6	9.4
pleased because you've got good friends?	1.4	8.6	28.2	39.4	22.5
afraid of what might happen?*	4.8	30.8	41.0	15.3	8.2
particularly excited or interested in something?	0.6	5.8	39.6	42.7	11.3
depressed or very unhappy?*	9.5	36.1	36.8	10.5	7.1
full of energy?	0.8	11.4	37.3	42.7	7.9
really tired?*	0.8	10.8	47.4	29.9	11.1
so restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?*	10.0	38.0	33.9	13.0	5.1
that you were really enjoying yourself?	0.6	6.8	38.1	45.7	8.7
really cheerful?	0.6	5.3	34.7	49.7	9.7
like crying?*	7.8	43.0	37.4	8.1	3.8
on top of the world?	4.5	19.6	46.7	25.9	3.4
confident about the future?	2.8	12.3	35.0	42.7	7.2
bored?*	13.1	34.8	37.0	12.2	2.9
pleased about having accomplished something?	0.7	3.9	37.8	48.7	8.9

*items 1,2,4,6,8,10,11,14,17 measure negative affect, the remaining items measure positive affect