Urdu translation and validation of shorter version of Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) on Pakistani bank employees.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Akhter, Noreen
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	OBJECTIVE To translate, adapt and validate shorter version of positive affect and negative affect scale on Pakistani corporate employees. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi from October 2014 to December 2015. The study was completed into two independent parts. In part one, the scale was translated by forward translation. Then it was pilot-tested and administered on customer services employees from commercial banks and the telecommunication sector. Data of the pilot study was analysed by using exploratory factor analysis to extract the initial factor of positive affect and negative affect scale. Part two comprised the main study. Commercial bank employees were included in the sample using convenient sampling technique. Data of the main study was analysed using confirmatory factor analysis in order to establish construct validity of positive affect and negative affect scale. RESULTS There were145 participants in the first part of the study and 495 in the second. Results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor structure of positive affect and negative affect scale suggesting that the scale has two distinct domains, i.e. positive affect and negative affect. CONCLUSIONS The shorter version of positive affect and negative affect scale was found to be a valid and reliable measure.
Starting Page	1517
Ending Page	1523
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
PubMed reference number	28955067
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	67
Issue Number	10
Journal	JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.jpma.org.pk/PdfDownload/8388.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article