Tension or anxiety, depression or dejection, anger or hostility, vigor or activity, fatigue or inertia, confusion or bewilderment. The profile of mood states poms is a psychological rating scale used to assess transient, distinct mood states. The test requires you to indicate for each word or statement how you. Droppleman editseducational and industrial testing service, 1992 emotions 40 pages. Application of mood states validation instruments in the. French adaptation of the shortened version of the profile. Claiming your author page allows you to personalize the information displayed and manage publications all current information on this profile has been aggregated automatically from publisher and metadata sources. Currently, the most commonly used is the poms 2, which is available for adults aged 18 years and older poms 2a and another for adolescents to 17 years of age poms 2. Pdf the measurement of mood states in older adults. Profile of mood states poms inventory, developed by mcnair, lorr and droppleman 1971, has been used extensively for the assessment of mood in the sport and exercise environments, featuring in more than 200 published articles. Its sixfactor analytically derived scales are designed to measure tension.
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the effect of a wec on mood states in healthy participants. Participants n 8 completed the profile of mood states poms questionnaire oneweek. Emotional impact on the results of brca1 and brca2 genetic. This scale was developed by mcnair, droppleman, and lorr. This study evaluated the emotional states of women 1 month after having received the results of the genetic test and assessed eventual associations with the type of outcome, personalfamiliar disease history and major sociodemographic variables. Quantitative and qualitative intersections between the. On two consecutive days, in a counterbalanced order, naloxone and placebo were given in a doubleblind crossover design. You then have a raw score pdf is available to subscribers only. Eits manual for the profile of mood states educational and industrial testing services 1971. Poms is a standard validated psychological test formulated by mcnair et al.
Overall, the poms can be recommended as a reliable and valid measure of mood states in older. Poms manual provides data on psychiatric outpatients. A member of the research team introduced and explained the outpatient. This study examined the reliability and validity of the profile of mood states poms questionnaire. Educational and industrial testing service, san diego references 5. Data reflecting affect, mood, and personality attributes of 23 normal men were compared after two weeks of placebo administration and two weeks of therapeutic serum lithium levels mean, 0. This test was initially developed for the observation of different mood states in psychiatric patients by mcnair et al. An employee questionnaire for assessing patient safety in. A brief poms measure of distress for cancer patients. Bigfive personality scale with the edits short form of the poms epoms and found a.
Describe how you feel right now by checking one space after each of the words listed below. Construct validity of the profile of mood states in the mood. The selfreport scales are a collection of tools that allow for the quick assessment of transient, fluctuating. We analyzed the psychological features of subjects using poms, which was developed to assess transient distinct mood states. Since its release in 1971, the poms assessment has proven itself to be an excellent measure of affective mood state fluctuation in a wide variety of populations including psychiatric outpatients, medical patients, and in sports psychology. Edits manual for the profile of mood states douglas m. Pdf normative values for the profile of mood states for. The factor structure of the poms, representing six dimensions of. Profile of mood states poms measures six identifiable mood or affective states. The poms is mainly used in the context of clinical psychology, psychotherapy, medicine. Kopell received 18 september 1975 abstractthe heart rate was measured continuously over a 24hr period of ordinary daily. The profile of mood states poms is a widespread instrument which measures mood. The measurement of mood states in older adults oxford academic.
Intravenous naloxone hydrochloride 20 mg was administered to eight normal control subjects and 12 affective disorder patients manifesting manic or hypomanic symptoms. Canonicalredundancy analyses were computed across the profile of mood states poms and the eight state questionnaire 8sq on a sample of 289 college undergraduates in order to estimate the degree of measurement overlap of the two multidimensional moodstate instruments. The english version of the pomssf is longterm tai chi practice and to. The effects of massage on delayed onset muscle soreness. Intercorrelations for the combined 14 subscales were subjected to a higherorder factor analysis in order to elucidate the central clinical states within the mood. Measures transient, fluctuating and enduring affect states age. The overtraining syndrome ots is largely a diagnosis of exclusion. The measure was developed in the usa and is a selfreport questionnaire. Title of procedure profile of mood states mc nair, lorr. The effect of lithium carbonate on affect, mood, and. Correlations between the profile of mood states poms and. Profile of mood states poms the profile of mood states poms original scale contains 65 selfreport items using the 5point likert scale. Participants in both gim and waitlist control conditions completed the profile of mood states poms and donated 15 cc of blood before and after the week intervention period and again at a 6week followup.
Both clinical groups scored higher than the mcnair, lorr, and. The french adaptation and validation of the short version of the profile of mood states is examined. Quite a bit extremely friendly 1 234 5 tense 1 234 5 angry 1 234 5 worn out 1 234 5 unhappy 1 234 5. The questionnaire contains 65 wordsstatements that describe the feelings people have. A test designed to measure certain psychological traits. Mood was measured by the subscales sorrow and positive mood of a german short version of the profile of mood states by mcnair, lorr, and doppleman 1971 using three items adjectives such as unhappy or sad for sorrow and six items adjectives such as happy or merry for positive mood on a 7point scale ranging from 1. The first profile of mood states was developed in 1971 by douglas m. Effects of guided imagery and music gim therapy on mood. The poms is a reliable tool for measuring change in pwd. Fogarty a a department of psychology, university of southern queensland, toowoomba, qld 4350, australia b school of sport, performing arts, and leisure, university of wolverhampton, wolverhampton, uk. Printed in great britain mood states and 24hour cardiac monitoring walton t. Carver cs, scheier mf, weintraub jk 1989 assessing coping strategies. Poms norms for athletes 1 normative values for the profile.
Online the profile of mood states 2nd edition poms2 assesses the mood states of individuals. Advantages of using this assessment include the simplicity of administration and ease of participant understanding. In 1980, william morgan, an american sports psychologist, began using the poms test profile of mood states in the physical activity and sports area in order to evaluate the mood states of american athletes. Patients fatigue was measured using the fatigue subscale of the profile of mood states poms. It is a selfreporting instrument measuring six dimensions of fluctuating mood swings over time. Naloxoneinduced behavioral and physiological effects in. Spasticity is a common problem following spinal cord injury. Pdf fullscale and shortform of the profile of mood states. Assessing cancer patients mood states 7 material and methods material the profile of mood states poms by mcnair et al. The original version of the poms is a 65item adjective checklist including 7 dummy items that measure six emotional states tensionanxiety, depressiondejection, angerhostility, vigor, fatigue, and confusion and total mood disturbance. Profile of mood states the center for human performance.
Participants are asked to selfidentify on a fivepoint scale. Ensure your research is discoverable on semantic scholar. Effect of a water extract of curcuma longa on emotional. The aim of this study was to investigate the compact profile of mood state poms questionnaire as an early and accurate indicator for the diagnosis of ots and the reliability of such findings in a group of athletes diagnosed with ots, in comparison with a nonots nots group. The study was a placebocontrolled, splithalf crossover, doubleblind. A randomized, doubleblind, placebocontrolled clinical trial was designed and conducted to evaluate the effects of an 8week wec treatment on mood.
Results from the poms 2a contribute to a comprehensive assessment by providing indications of potential mood disturbance. The assessment of mood is an important indicator for the evaluation of shortterm intervention effects. Fatigue and its associated factors in ambulatory cancer. Normative values for the profile of mood states for use with athletic samples article pdf available in journal of applied sport psychology 121. Psychology a 65item questionnaire that assesses a persons moodseg, anger, anxiety, confusion, depression, fatigue, vigor. Profile of mood states poms is a popular tool among sport psychologists who have used it to compare the prevailing moods of elite athletes and nonathletes. Profile of mood states definition of profile of mood. The profile of mood state poms questionnaire as an. The profile of mood states was administered to 90 australian women, 30 depressed, 30 anxious, and 30 nonpsychiatric controls. Participants can choose from 0 not at all to 4 extremely.
The profile of mood states was originally developed by mcnair, lorr and droppleman in 1971. The poms identifies and assesses transient, fluctuating affective mood states. Mcnair dm, lorr m, droppleman lf 1971 eits manual for the profile of mood states. Psychological and emotional effects of the use of oral. Educational and industrial testing service, san diego. Brca1 and brca2 mutations are associated with a higher risk of breast and ovarian tumors. The test takes approximately 3 to 7 minutes for healthy participants, and longer for the physically ill. The profile of mood states poms original scale contains 65 selfreport items using the 5point likert scale. Healthy adults n 28 participated in a randomized trial of bonny method of guided imagery and music gim. The pomsa has a five point response scale, from 0 not at all to 4 extremely.
Mood states and 24hour cardiac monitoring sciencedirect. The instructions to participants included a reminder to respond to all items and a. Psychological features and coping styles in patients with. A sample of 110 women diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 men with prostate cancer were administered the french canadian adaptation of the shortened version of the profile 37 items. Validation study of the japanese version of the brief. Normative values for the profile of mood states for use with athletic samples. 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. Two multidimensional moodstate inventories, the profile of mood states poms and the eight state questionnaire 8sq, were administered to 289 australian college undergraduates.