Two EITS Manual for the Profile of Mood States (1971 & 1992)

Profile of Mood States (POMS) measures six identifiable mood or affective states: Tension-Anxiety; Depression-Dejection; Anger-Hostility; Vigor-Activity; Fatigue-Inertia; and Confusion-Bewilderment. Items in folder: The POMS Manual explains the description, method of administration and scoring, interpretation of the POMS factor scores, correlation among POMS factors, a total mood disturbance score, reliability of the POMS factor, validity studies, psychiatric outpatient normative samples, college student normative samples, selected bibliography, references, and appendices; The scantron response answer sheets are also included; Alternative POMS-SF Adjectives were also included to clarify the meaning of an item on the POMS-SF if a subject questions the meaning; Handwritten notes based on the Measurement Issues Related to Fatigue in Cancer Patients by Barb Piper and Ada Lindsey; An article, “A Brief POMS Measure of Distress for Cancer Patients” (see abstract); An article, “A Shortened Version of the Profile of Mood States” (see abstract); A packet of information related to the Mood States (adjectives, correlation analysis).