The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Food Allergy (PANAS-FA): Adaptation and psychometric properties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food allergy (FA) is a worldwide concern, increasing up to 50% in the past decade, with a 700% rise in hospitalizations because of anaphylaxis. Individuals diagnosed with FA must have the emotional resources to cope with the many challenges that arise from self-management tasks and the social limitations that FA presents. Therefore, it is clear that close consideration of heightened emotions due to FA is needed.

Method

The present research aimed to adapt the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), one of the most used questionnaires available to measure mood or emotion worldwide, for a population of individuals with FA. We performed one study (N = 205; M _age = 37.37; Age range = 18-72). To adapt the measure, we asked participants to

SUBMITTER: Coelho GLH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654619 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature