Reliabilities and Validities of the Mood Questionnaire

Abstract

Scales were constructed for a 40-item mood questionnaire administered to a sample of 1140 Navy recruits. The questionnaire was shown to be similar to others in content and reliabilities. Construct, concurrent and predictive validities of the scales with several criteria in a number of testing situations are also presented. The findings emphasize the usefulness of this questionnaire as a criterion measure or as a predictor of objective behavioral criteria under field-testing conditions.

Aviator performance in week-long extended flight operations in a helicopter simulator

“…The mood questionnaire (Radloff & Helmreich, 1968;Ryman, Biersner, & LaRocco, 1974) gives a score on six scales: happiness, activity, depression, fear, anger, and fatigue.…”

Effects of response style on the polarity and validity of two-dimensional mood models.

“…Again, the magnitudes of the canonical correlations and the group differences obtained with the alternative models were comparable (Table 4). Additional analyses compared the twodimensional mood models to a six-dimensional alternative including scales for happiness, activity, depression, fear (or anxiety), anger, and fatigue (Ryman, et al, 1974). Initial MANOVAs showed significant differences for these six scales between attrition groups (Hotelling's T = 2.38, p < .005; canonical r = .280) and between platoons (Hotelling's T 2 = 2.36, p < .001; canonical r = .304).…”

“…Thirty-two items were selected from Ryman, Biersner and LaRocco's (1974) mood questionnaire to evaluate the two-dimensional mood models (see Table I for items).…”

“…The individual mood scales from Ryman, et al (1974) then were entered stepwise using a p < .10 criterion. None of the specific mood scales even approached significance for the attrition group comparison (p > .256 for the raw scores; p > .200 for the ipsatized scores).…”

Stress perceptions of soldiers participating in training at the chemical defense training facility: The Mediating effects of motivation, experience, and confidence level

“…The Mood Questionnaire was described by Ryman, Biersner, & LaRocco (1974) and modified by Tyner, Manning, & Oleshansky (1989). It includes scales to measure fear, anger, depression, fatigue, activity, and happiness.…”