A Grade-Six Reading Level Key for the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised

Abstract

A scoring key containing adjectives from the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised (MAACL-R) at or below the Grade 6 reading level (MAACL–R6) was used to rescore data from two nonreferred samples (college students, ns = 52 and 78) and one referred sample of 202 from a community mental health center outpatient clinic. Reliability (measures of internal consistency and test-retest) and validity (correlations with five 5–point self-rating mood scales) were almost as high as those for the MAACL–R, and convergence among the MAACL–R6 scales was not increased. Means for the referred group were significantly higher.