Heimann H, Bobon-Schrod H, Schmocker A M, Bobon D P
Encephale. 1975;1(2):165-83.
The ZERSSEN Mood Scale or " Befindlichkeits-Skala " is the only self-rating scale that is altogether specific (adjectives on mood states essentially), actual and therefore sensitive (lack of adjectives on the habitual state, on personality traits), bipolar (possible detection of a manic or depressive shift), easy to administrate and analyze, existing under 2 statistically equivalent forms. Each BS and BS' form contains 28 pairs of antonymic everyday adjectives, whose French translation has been checked by back-translation. The subject has to cross if he feels right now " rather... ", " rather... " or " neither nor ". The French translation was tested on 100 depressed and 6 manic newly hospitalized patients, on 30 depressed patients in the course of a 6-week antidepressant trial, and on 46 academic and administrative members of the staff. Various calculations on the validity, reliability and sensitivity of the scale confirm the original German data. The product-moment correlation between BS and BS' (split-half reliability) reaches .89 in the control group, .79 in the newly hospitalized depressives and .93 to .96 in the anti-depressant trial, a p less than .001 in all three studies. The correlation does not reach a significant level in neurotic depressives, who are a mean 11 y. younger than psychotic depressives and score significantly lower than the latter. Age, sex and sequence of administration do not influence the means, the standard deviations and the correlation between BS and BS'. The original German studies and our original French ones give convergent results as for means and extreme scores of the main mood levels, with a cutting score for mania at 6 and for depression at 27 : (see article) Thanks to their high intercorrelation, the BS and BS' scales may be given independently, thus allowing a daily or even twice daily administration. The range of application of the ZERSSEN Mood Scale is not limited to psychiatry but includes numerous medical, surgical and psychological fields.
泽尔森情绪量表或“情感量表”是唯一完全特定（主要针对情绪状态的形容词）、真实且因此敏感（缺乏关于习惯状态、人格特质的形容词）、双极（可能检测到躁狂或抑郁转变）、易于实施和分析的自评量表，以两种统计上等效的形式存在。每个BS和BS'形式包含28对反义词日常形容词，其法语翻译已通过回译进行核对。受试者必须勾选他目前感觉是“更……”、“更……”还是“既不……也不……”。该法语翻译在100名新入院的抑郁症患者和6名躁狂症患者、30名在为期6周的抗抑郁试验过程中的抑郁症患者以及46名学术和行政工作人员中进行了测试。对该量表的有效性、可靠性和敏感性的各种计算证实了原始的德语数据。对照组中BS和BS'之间的积差相关（分半信度）达到0.89，新入院抑郁症患者中为0.79，抗抑郁试验中为0.93至0.96，三项研究中p均小于0.001。在神经症性抑郁症患者中，相关性未达到显著水平，他们的平均年龄比精神病性抑郁症患者小11岁，得分也显著低于后者。年龄、性别和施测顺序不影响均值、标准差以及BS和BS'之间的相关性。原始的德语研究和我们最初的法语研究在主要情绪水平的均值和极端分数方面给出了趋同的结果，躁狂的临界分数为6，抑郁为27：（见文章）由于它们的高相互相关性，BS和BS'量表可以独立施测，从而允许每天甚至每天两次施测。泽尔森情绪量表的应用范围不限于精神病学，还包括众多医学、外科和心理学领域。
