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    AIM - Short Affect Intensity Scale - Scoring Sheet

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    This document contains directions for a survey that asks participants to indicate how they react to typical life events on a scale of 1 to 6. It lists 20 items describing emotional reactions to events like feeling happy, public speaking, and feelings of guilt or anxiety. Participants are asked to rate their reactions based on how they personally respond, not how they think others would respond. Certain items are flagged for reverse scoring or as measuring positive intensity, negative intensity, or serenity.

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    This document contains directions for a survey that asks participants to indicate how they react to typical life events on a scale of 1 to 6. It lists 20 items describing emotional reactions to events like feeling happy, public speaking, and feelings of guilt or anxiety. Participants are asked to rate their reactions based on how they personally respond, not how they think others would respond. Certain items are flagged for reverse scoring or as measuring positive intensity, negative intensity, or serenity.

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    Participant #: ____

    AIM
    Directions: The following questions refer to the emotional reactions to typical life events.
    Please indicate how YOU react to these events by circling the corresponding number next to
    each item using the following scale. Please base your answers on how YOU react, not on how
    you think others react or how you think a person should react.
    NEVER
    1

    ALMOST
    NEVER
    2

    OCCASIONALLY USUALLY
    3
    4

    ALMOST
    ALWAYS ALWAYS
    5
    6

    Reverse score #s 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 19


    Positive intensity = items 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20
    Negative Intensity = items 2, 3, 8, 11, 15, 18
    Serenity = items 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 19
    1.

    When Im happy, I feel very energetic.

    2.

    Sad movies deeply touch me.

    3.

    When I talk in front of a group for the first time, my voice


    gets shaky and my heart races.

    When Im happy, its a feeling of being untroubled and


    content rather than being zestful and aroused.

    5.

    When I feel happy, it is a strong type of exuberance.

    6.

    When I succeed at something, my reaction is calm contentment.

    7.

    When Im feeling well, its easy for me to go from being in a


    good mood to being really joyful.

    When I do something wrong, I have strong feelings of shame


    and guilt.

    When I know I have done something very well, I feel relaxed


    and content rather than excited and elated.

    10.

    My happy moods are so strong that I feel like Im in heaven.

    11.

    When I feel anxiety, it is normally very strong.

    12.

    If I complete a task I thought was impossible, I am ecstatic.

    4.

    8.
    9.

    13.

    When I feel happiness, it is a quiet type of contentment.

    14.

    When I feel happy, I feel like bursting for joy.

    15.

    When I feel guilty, this emotion is quite strong.

    16.

    I would characterize my happy moods as closer to contentment


    than to joy.

    17.

    When things are going good, I feel on top of the world.

    18.

    When I am nervous, I get shaky all over.

    19.

    When I am happy, the feeling is more like contentment and


    inner calm than one of exhilaration and excitement.

    When Im happy, I bubble over with energy.

    20.

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