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Profile of mood states-12: same validity, more usability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

A. T. Pereira ,
A. I. Araújo ,
C. Cabaços ,
M. J. Brito ,
M. Fernandes ,
A. Rodrigues ,
J. S. Silva  and
A. Macedo
A. T. Pereira*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Coimbra University
A. I. Araújo
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Coimbra University
C. Cabaços
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University
M. J. Brito
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University
M. Fernandes
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Coimbra, Portugal
A. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Coimbra, Portugal
J. S. Silva
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Coimbra, Portugal
A. Macedo
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The Profile of Mood States is one of the most widely used instruments to assess mood states. It is a rapid and economic method of assessing transient affective states (McNair et al. 2003) and it has been translated and validated to several languages including Portuguese. In our country we have several versions, with different factorial structures and number of items. The scale presents a list of feelings and emotions (adjectives) that people commonly experience.

With university students, we have used a version composed of 36 items that evaluates three factors, with good validity and reliability: Depression, Anxiety/Hostility and Positive Affect (Amaral et al. 2013).

However, to be included in digital apps that in addition to ecological momentary assessment parameters require a weekly or even daily assessment of mood states, this version has little usability.

Objectives

To develop a shorter version of the POMS-36 based on Exploratory Factor Analysis and to analyse its construct validity using Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a sample of Portuguese college students.

Methods

765 students (69.2% females; mean age=22.09±2.433; range: 17-26) fill in the POMS-36 and the Perceived Stress Scale (Amaral et al. 2014). The total sample was randomly divided in two sub-samples. Sample A (N=380) was used to EFA and sample B (N=385) was used to CFA.

Results

Through EFA (with varimax rotation and extracting three factors), the four items with the highest loadings in their respective factor were selected. Then, the CFA, carried out with the AMOS, revealed that this three-factor model, with two pairs of correlated errors, indicated a good fit (X2/df= 4.6010; CFI =.9561; GFI =.9406; TLI=.9559; RMSEA=.0687, p[rmsea=0.04]. The internal consistency analysis resulted in α (Cronbach alphas) <.75 for the three factors. Pearson correlations of the three factors - Depression, Anxiety/Hostility, Amability/Vigour – with Perceived stress were all significantly (p<.01) and moderate, respectively: .533, .614 and -.461.

Conclusions

Although much shorter, the new POMS-12 has good validity (construct and divergent-convergent) and reliability, being more suitable in studies that require frequent and rapid self-monitoring of affective states, such as ISABELA (“IoT Student Advisor and Best Lifestyle Analyser”), an app targeting student mental health and well-being in which we have been working.

Disclosure of Interest

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S553 - S554
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