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      The Background, Psychometric Qualities and Clinical Application of the Visual Analog Mood Scales: A Review and Evaluation

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          The purpose of this report is to evaluate the published version of the Visual Analog Mood Scales. These scales were published in 1997 and assess eight clinically relevant unipolar dimensions: afraid, confused, sad, angry, energetic, tired, happy, tense. From a search of the literature in PsycINFO, 24 empirical studies (including reliability and validity) were located on the application of the scales. The use of the scales for diagnosis, treatment and experimentation is described and published data on the test-retest reliability and validity of the scales is summarized. The reported test-retest correlations ranged from .43 to .87 and were considered too low for high stakes decisions. From nine studies, the concurrent validity coefficients across the eight scales ranged from a low of .12 to as high as .82. It is concluded that the scales have clinical utility for a quasi-non-verbal or pictorial assessment of mood states but there are limitations in the interpretation of the results. This is due to the shortcomings in the standardization samples as well as concerns for the psychometric quality in terms of validity and reliability.

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                Journal
                PSYCT
                Psychol Thought
                Psychological Thought
                Psychol. Thought
                PsychOpen
                1312-7969
                2193-7281
                09 December 2019
                2019
                : 12
                : 2
                : 265-276
                Affiliations
                [a ]Private Practice, Sydney, Australia
                [2]University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
                [3]South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
                Author notes
                [* ]968 Anzac Parade, Maroubra NSW 2035, Australia. athanasou@ 123456gmail.com
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                psyct.v12i2.370
                10.5964/psyct.v12i2.370
                fbec1741-da00-4775-9fef-2ef7765b9152
                Copyright @ 2019

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 16 April 2019
                : 29 May 2019
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                Psychology
                Visual Analog Mood Scales,mood,assessment,visual analogue
                Psychology
                Visual Analog Mood Scales, mood, assessment, visual analogue

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