UMACL. THE UMACL MOOD ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST
Authors:
G. Mathews, A.G. Chamberlain, D.M. Jones
Polish adaptation and manual:
Ewa Goryńska (2005)
Age:
Adolescents, adults.
Procedure:
Individual or group administration, no time limit, approx. 15 min.
Especially useful for:
Psychologists (MA in psychology required); doctors, health promotion, psychotherapists - after completing the training
Category:
B1 – for psychologists; other professionals only after general psychometric training
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)
Please note: All of our tests are published in Polish. There are not available other language versions of our tools.
