Comparación de dos Versiones Reducidas de la Escala PANAS: Análisis Factoriales en una Muestra Argentina

Affects and its implications in cognition is a research area that has a long developed the last time (Davidson, Scherer, & Goldsmith, 2009). Given its importance, its seem the need for reliable and valid instruments to measure the affect (Gray, & Watson, 2007). In this sense, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule is one of the most instruments mentioned in the scientific literature (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Recently, they were proposed two short-forms of PANAS, an English version (Thompson, 2007) and one Portuguese versión (Galinha, Pereira, & Esteves, 2014). The present study aims to evaluate and compare these short-forms, in order to verify which of these is better adapted to the Argentine context. The results support the use of the short version of the PANAS, composed with items of the Portuguese version.