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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Assess. 2015 May 15;97(6):616–625. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2015.1038388

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for PANAS Items across Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Samples

 PA Items Child (n = 555) Adolescent (n = 608) Young Adult (n = 553)

Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Active 4.12 1.08 3.96 .98 3.67 .97
Alert 3.18 1.27 3.45 1.03 3.44 .84
Attentive 3.13 1.19 3.34 .96 3.54 .81
Determined 3.33 1.34 3.71 1.10 3.82 .89
Enthusiastic 3.15 1.31 3.52 1.08 3.52 .92
Excited 3.48 1.22 3.39 1.05 3.35 .91
Inspired 3.00 1.23 3.28 1.09 3.21 1.00
Interested 3.34 1.20 3.39 1.05 3.58 .79
Proud 3.64 1.18 3.55 1.06 3.35 1.00
Strong 3.60 1.19 3.67 1.06 3.51 .95

 NA Items
Afraid 1.71 .97 1.76 .86 1.89 .89
Jittery 2.20 1.19 2.06 1.08 1.84 .97
Nervous 2.32 1.17 2.25 1.01 2.32 .98
Scared 1.70 .93 1.71 .85 1.76 .87
Distressed 2.00 1.11 2.09 1.04 2.19 .99
Guilty 1.79 1.03 1.84 .97 1.92 1.06
Hostile 1.92 1.03 2.01 1.07 1.80 .93
Irritable 2.22 1.09 2.51 1.10 2.45 .98
Upset 2.07 1.11 2.20 1.00 2.19 .90
Ashamed 1.61 .92 1.59 .88 1.53 .86

Note. PA = Positive affect. NA = Negative affect.