Description

The Personal Feelings Questionnaire (PFQ) is a tool designed to assess individuals’ personal feelings and emotional states. The primary purpose of the PFQ is to measure a range of emotional experiences and moods, such as happiness, sadness, anxiety, and satisfaction, in order to provide an overview of the individual’s emotional condition.
The questionnaire includes various statements or questions that ask participants to evaluate the intensity or frequency of their feelings, usually on a scale, e.g., from “very little” to “a lot.”

Purpose

The main aims of the Personal Feelings Questionnaire are:
To assess personal emotional states: To provide an overview of individuals’ feelings and moods, such as happiness, sadness, anxiety, and satisfaction.
To support psychological assessment: To be used as a tool for understanding emotional well-being and emotional challenges of individuals in various clinical or research contexts.
To monitor changes in emotional state: To be applied in tracking emotional states over time, e.g., during therapy or an intervention program.

Analysis

The analysis of PFQ results includes:
Analysis of Emotional Data: Examining responses to understand participants’ emotional states and moods.
Descriptive Statistical Analysis: Using descriptive statistics to present the data, such as mean, variance, and percentages for various emotional states.
Correlation with Other Criteria: Analyzing relationships between PFQ results and other psychological variables or clinical characteristics, such as emotional well-being or clinical diagnoses.

Calibration

The calibration of the PFQ includes:
Content Validity: Ensuring that the PFQ adequately covers the emotional states it is intended to measure.
Internal Consistency: Evaluating the consistency of items using reliability indices such as Cronbach’s α.
Criterion Validity: Examining the relationship of results with other relevant criteria or measures to confirm the tool’s validity.
Test-Retest Reliability: Assessing the stability of results at different points in time to determine the reliability of the scale.

References

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Bradburn, N. M. (1969). The Structure of Psychological Well-Being. Chicago: Aldine.
Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The Satisfaction with Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49(1), 71–75.
Cohen, J., & Wills, T. A. (1985). Stress, Social Support, and the Buffering Hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 98(2), 310–357.