A Short Measure of the Need for Affect

Two studies are presented to introduce a 10-item short form of the Need for Affect Questionnaire (NAQ–S; cf. Maio & Esses, 2001 Maio, G. R. and Esses, V. M. 2001. The need for affect: Individual differences in the motivation to approach and avoid emotions. Journal of Personality, 69: 583–614. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). Study 1 was based on 4 independent samples (German or English language; N total = 2,151) and demonstrated the expected factorial structure of the NAQ–S; its measurement invariance with respect to gender, age, and education; and the predicted associations with relevant personality measures. A latent state-trait analysis conducted in Study 2 (N = 140) suggests that most of the reliable variance of the NAQ–S represents stable individual differences.