[Air-L] Measuring mood online

[Ulla Bunz]

Tom Buchanan asks about aggression scales. I put together a short bib a couple of years ago, most of it about aggression and gaming and/or verbal aggression. Many of the references contain or refer to measurement instruments. At the very least, it should get you started. See below.
Ulla Bunz

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Ulla Bunz
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
University Center C, Suite 3100
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Email: ubunz at fsu.edu
Phone: 850-644-1809
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>From  	Tom Buchanan <T.Buchanan at westminster.ac.uk>
Date  	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:51:22 +0100
To  	<air-l at listserv.aoir.org.>
Subject  	[Air-L] Measuring mood online

Dear all,

Is anyone aware of any online survey / questionnaire projects that have used
mood scales (i.e. Measures of current mood state such as the POMS, Multiple
Affect Adjective Checklist and so on)?

I am specifically interested in something that will allow one to measure
aggressive / angry affect. I'm aware of work that's been done using measures
of anxiety, depression, general positive and negative mood - but nothing
specifically related to aggression.

I have considered using Bond-Lader type visual analogue scales, but I'd
prefer something that can be administered in a Likert-type format in an
online questionnaire.

Thanks in advance for any clues...

Tom Buchanan

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Dr. Tom Buchanan
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Department of Psychology, University of Westminster
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