positive states of mind scale psom

Positive states of mind Scale (PSOM)

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Positive states of mind Scale (PSOM)
Horowitz‚ Adler‚ 1988‚ 1998
 
A.    Focused Attention: Feeling able to attend to a task you want or need to‚ without many distractions from within yourself.
B.    Productivity: Feeling of being able to stay at work until a task is finished‚ do something new to solve problems‚ or express yourself creatively.
C.    Responsible Caretaking: Feeling that you are doing what you should do to take care of yourself or someone else.
D.   Restful Repose: Feeling relaxed‚ without distractions or excessive tension.
E.    Sharing: Being able to commune with others in an empathetic‚ close way‚ as in talking‚ walking‚ going out‚ or just being together.
F.    Sensuous Nonsexual Pleasure: Being able to enjoy bodily senses‚ enjoyable intellectual activity‚ doing things you ordinarily like‚ such as listening to music‚ enjoying the outdoors‚ lounging in a hot bath.
G.   Sensuous Sexual Pleasure: Being able to feel erotic‚ enjoy sexual exchange‚ as in any form of kissing‚ caressing‚ self-stimulation‚ or intercourse.
 
0= Unable to Have It‚ 1= A Lot of Trouble ha‎ving It‚ 2= Some Trouble ha‎ving It‚ 3= Have It Easily
 
This instrument can be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19969187  

Horowitz‚ M.‚ Adler‚ N.‚ & Kegeles‚ S. (1988). A scale for measuring the occurrence of positive states of mind: A preliminary report. Psychosomatic Medicine‚ 50(5)‚ 477–483.

Adler‚ N.‚ Horowitz‚ M.‚ Garcia‚ A.‚ & Moyer‚ A. (1998). Additional Validation of a Scale to Assess Positive States of Mind. Psychosomatic Medicine 60(1)‚26-32.

Adler‚ Horowitz‚ Garcia‚ & Moyer‚ (1998). Positive States of Mind. In: Simmons C. A.‚ Lehmann P. (eds). Tools for strengths-based assessment and evaluation‚ New York‚ NY: Springer‚ pp. 172-173. (2013). Google Scholar

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