Gibson S J
National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1997 Jul;52(4):P167-74. doi: 10.1093/geronb/52b.4.p167.
This study examined the reliability and validity of the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire when administered to 479 community-dwelling older adults. Factor analysis replicated the original factor structure identified in young-adult samples, suggesting that older adults adopt the same underlying constructs of mood when responding to the POMS. There was strong support for concurrent validity, and this instrument was able to discriminate between healthy adults and patients with known mood disturbance. Excellent internal consistency of POMS subscales and very good retest reliability were noted. A significant age-related decline in self-reported mood states emphasizes the need for age-specific norms, although response bias rather than age itself was shown to account for this decline. Overall, the POMS can be recommended as a reliable and valid measure of mood states in older adults, although it is clear that normative values for this test vary considerably over the age spectrum.
本研究对479名社区居住的老年人进行了《情绪状态剖面图》（POMS）问卷测试，以检验其信度和效度。因子分析重现了在年轻成人样本中确定的原始因子结构，这表明老年人在回答POMS问卷时采用了相同的潜在情绪结构。该问卷具有很强的同时效度支持，能够区分健康成年人和已知有情绪障碍的患者。POMS分量表具有出色的内部一致性，重测信度也非常好。自我报告的情绪状态随年龄显著下降，这凸显了制定特定年龄常模的必要性，不过研究表明，导致这种下降的原因是反应偏差而非年龄本身。总体而言，尽管很明显该测试的常模值在整个年龄范围内差异很大，但POMS仍可作为一种可靠且有效的老年人情绪状态测量工具。
