Testing different versions of the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales in a clinical sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As a tool to investigate the experiences of six primary emotions, Davis, Panksepp, and Normansell developed the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS). However, the psychometric properties of the ANPS have been questioned, and in particular the factor structure. This study replicates earlier psychometric studies on ANPS in a sample of (546) personality disordered patients, and also includes ANPS-S, a recent short version of ANPS by Pingault and colleagues, and a truncated version of BANPS by Barrett and colleagues.

Methodology/principal findings

The study of the full ANPS revealed acceptable internal consistencies of the primary emotion subscales, ranging from 0.74-0.87. However, factor analyses revealed poor to mediocre fit for a six factor solution. Co

SUBMITTER: Pedersen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4188588 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature