Table 8.
Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales-adjective ratings (ANPS-AR) items with valence and scale
| Adjective | Valence | ANPS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Purposeful | (+) | SEEKING |
| 2. Anxious | (+) | FEAR |
| 3. Caring | (+) | CARE |
| 4. Hot-headed | (+) | ANGER |
| 5. Funny | (+) | PLAY |
| 6. Often sad | (+) | SADNESS |
| 7. Unimaginative | (−) | SEEKING |
| 8. Nervous | (+) | FEAR |
| 9. Unsympathetic | (−) | CARE |
| 10. Aggressive | (+) | ANGER |
| 11. Not playflul | (−) | PLAY |
| 12. Socially insecure | (+) | SADNESS |
| 13. Dynamic | (+) | SEEKING |
| 14. Relaxed | (−) | FEAR |
| 15. Nurturing | (+) | CARE |
| 16. Not argumentative | (−) | ANGER |
| 17. Jokes around | (+) | PLAY |
| 18. Socially confident | (−) | SADNESS |
| 19. Curious | (+) | SEEKING |
| 20. A worrier | (+) | FEAR |
| 21. Warm | (+) | CARE |
| 22. Temperamental | (+) | ANGER |
| 23. Humorous | (+) | PLAY |
| 24. Sensitive to rejection | (+) | SADNESS |
Note. + = positive loadings; − = needs to be reversed before a score can be computed.
A new adjective-based short measure to assess individual differences in primary emotional systems (all items are answered with a 7-point Likert scaling ranging from 1= “Very Inaccurate,” 2= “Inaccurate,” 3= “Slightly Inaccurate,” 4= “Neither,” 5= “Slightly Accurate,” 6= “Accurate,” to 7= “Very Accurate”): The ANPS-adjective ratings (ANPS-AR) data reported here were collected on a U.S. student sample (total n=424, 254 females) Cronbach’s αs for the adjective-based ANPS scales ranged from .75 for PLAY to .69 for ANGER except for SEEKING at .51. The ANPS-AR can be used to collect observer ratings of other persons (e.g., therapy clients, family members, or colleagues) in addition to self-ratings. Table 9 shows the intercorrelations of the six ANPS-AR scales.