UMACL. THE UMACL MOOD ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST
Test measures mood understood as affective experience of moderate duration (at least several minutes), not object-related or quasi object-related in three dimensions of the core affect: Tense Arousal, Energetic Arousal, and Hedonic Tone.
DESCRIPTION: UMACL consists of a sheet with 29 printed adjectives. The person filling out the sheet is instructed to rate the applicability of each adjective to her/his present mood on a four-point scale from “definitely” to “definitely not”.
RELIABILITY: High internal consistency coefficients for all three scales.
VALIDITY: Confirmed by the factorial analysis, proven correlations with measures of cognitive functions and personality traits. The UMACL scale differentiates people with diagnosed depression.
NORMS: For subjects aged 16-79 (all-Poland sample).
APPLICATIONS: Mostly in research.
MATERIALS:
• Kit (manual, 25 test sheets, keys)
• Manual
• Test sheets (25 copies)
• Keys (set)