This program for PCs accompanies the paper: Crawford, J. R., Garthwaite, P. H., Lawrie, C.J., Henry, J.D., MacDonald, M.A., Sutherland, J., and Sinha, P. (2009). A convenient method of obtaining percentile norms and accompanying interval estimates for self-report mood scales (DASS, DASS-21, HADS, PANAS, and sAD). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48, 163-180. (REPRINT as a pdf)
The program (MoodScore_PRs.exe) takes an individual's raw scores on one of five commonly used mood scales and expresses the scores as percentile ranks. The point estimates of the percentile ranks are accompanied by 95% interval estimates (these can be calculated using either Bayesian or classical statistical methods - the two sets of limits give very similar intervals). The normative data used to provide these percentile norms were obtained from samples of the general adult population. The samples vary in size from 758 (for the sAD scale) to 3,822 for the HADS scale). Note: All of the mood scales have subscales (i.e., Anxiety, Depression subscales). The program has been modified (9th Feb 2009) so that it does not require the user to enter scores for each subscale (if you have previously downloaded the program and would find this feature useful then download this current version and delete or overwrite the earlier version)Click here to download the program as an executable or here to download as a zip file.
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Once downloaded, the programs can be run by any of the normal Windows procedures i.e. by clicking on file in File Manager or by placing on desktop etc.
The author of this software (John R Crawford) and the University of Aberdeen make no representations about the suitability of the software or about any content or information made accessible by the software, for any purpose.
The software is provided 'as is' without express or implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or noninfringement.
The software is provided gratuitously and, accordingly, the author shall not be liable under any theory or any damages suffered by you or any user of the software.
If there are any problems please e-mail me at j.crawford@abdn.ac.uk. Further contact details are available in the footer of this page.
