Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
How often you feel each of 20 positive and negative emotions
The PANAS measures your positive and negative affect with 20 items - 10 for positive mood, 10 for negative. It can track how your emotional patterns shift over time and across situations.
What Does the PANAS Measure?
The PANAS asks how often you have felt 20 different emotions recently. It splits into two independent scores: Positive Affect (enthusiasm, alertness, engagement) and Negative Affect (distress, nervousness, irritability).
These two are not opposites - you can be high on both, low on both, or somewhere in between. Someone can feel genuinely excited about a promotion while still being anxious about the workload.
The timeframe is adjustable — you can answer for the past week, today, or any period that makes sense for what you want to track.
Result Interpretation
After completing the 20 questions, you'll receive an immediate, detailed report with:
- Your score — calculated automatically based on your responses
- Score interpretation — what your score means in practical terms
- Dimension breakdown — separate scores for each sub-scale
- Context — how your results compare to general population norms where available
All results are displayed on screen. No account or login needed.