11.Feel like what you’re doing or watching is interesting 12345
12.Feel scared, uneasy, like something might harm you 12345
13.Feel mad at somebody 12345
15.Feel happy 12345
16.Feel like somebody is ‘good for nothing’ 12345
17.Feel so interested in what you’re doing that you’re caught up in it 12345
18.Feel amazed, like you can’t believe what’s happened, it was so unusual 12345
20.Feel like screaming at somebody or banging on something 12345
21.Feel sad and gloomy, almost like crying 12345
22.Feel like you did something wrong 12345
23.Feel bashful, embarrassed 12345
24.Feel disgusted, like something is sickening 12345
25.Feel joyful, like everything is going your way, everything is rosy 12345
26.Feel like people laugh at you 12345
27.Feel like things are so rotten you could make you sick 12345
28.Feel sick about yourself 12345
29.Feel like you are better than somebody 12345
30.Feel like you ought to be blamed for something 12345
31.Feel the way you do when something unexpected happens 12345
32.Feel alert, curious, kind of excited about something unusual 12345
33.Feel angry, irritated, annoyed with somebody 12345
34.Feel discouraged, like you can’t make it, nothing’s going right 12345
35.Feel afraid 12345
36.Feel like people always look at you when anything goes wrong 12345
MOOD STATE INSTRUCTIONS (DES-IV-B)
The mood-state version of the DES-IV has instruc-
tions asking respondents how often they have experi-
enced a particular emotion ‘ during the past week ’ (thereby
measuring longer lasting mood states). As with the traitversion, responses are scored on a 5-point Likert-type
frequency scale as follows:
15Rarely or Never; 2 5Hardly Ever; 3 5Sometimes;
45Often; 5 5Very Often.
EMOTIONAL STATE INSTRUCTIONS (DES-IV-C)
As a measure of fleeting/transient emotional states,
the DES-IV has instructions asking respondents, ‘ How
do you feel right now at this very moment ?’ scored on a
5-point Likert-type intensity scale ranging from:
15Not at All; 2 5Slightly; 3 5Somewhat;
45Moderately So; 5 5Very Much.Note: Permission to use the DES-IV can be obtained
from the author Carroll E. Izard at the following
email address: izard@psych.udel.edu
Reproduced with permission.
Profile of Mood States (POMS 2)
(Heuchert & McNair, 2012 ).203 OVERVIEW OF THE MEASURES
II. EMOTIONAL DISPOSITIONS