Title: profile of mood state test
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - profile of mood state test
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12021
Status: current

Definition
Procedure in which a test subject is asked to indicate his/her mood during the past week, by quickly marking specified emotional words on a scale between "not at all" and "extremely."

Note
Tested moods typically include tension, anxiety, depression, hostility, vigor, fatigue and confusion.

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 898 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'profile of mood state test' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12021
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