Indicate the extent to which you used each of the following strategies to affect your mood in the last several hours using the following scale:

         This is a questionnaire to find out what people believe they can do about upsetting emotions or feelings.  Please answer the statements by giving as true a picture of your own beliefs as possible.  Of course, there are no right or wrong answers. Remember, the questionnaire is about what you believe you can do, not about what you actually or usually do.  Be sure to read each item carefully and show your beliefs by indicating the appropriate number on your questionnaire.

If you strongly disagree with an item, mark number one in the provided space. Mark number two if you mildly disagree with the item. That is, indicate the number two if you think the item is more generally untrue than true according to your beliefs. Mark number three if you feel the item is about equally true as untrue. Mark number four if you mildly agree with the item. That is, indicate number four if you think the item is more true than untrue. If you strongly agree with an item mark number five in the provided space.

Here are a number of characteristics that may or may not apply to you. For example, do you agree that you are someone who likes to spend time with others? Please write a number next to each statement to indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with that statement.

We would like to ask you some questions about your emotional life, in particular, how you control (that is, regulate and manage) your emotions. We are interested in two aspects of your emotional life. One is your emotional experience, or what you feel like inside. The other is your emotional expression, or how you show your emotions in the way you talk, gesture, or behave. Although some of the following questions may seem similar to one another, they differ in important ways. For each item, please answer using the following scale:

Please answer the following items using the scales provided

1. In general, how much control do you feel that you personally have over whether or not bad things happen to you?

2. Over their lives most people have something bad happen to them or to someone they love. By “something bad,” we mean things like getting sick, losing a job, or being in trouble with the police; or like when someone dies, leaves, or disappoints you. Compared to other people you know, have things like this happened to you a lot, some, not much, or hardly ever?

3. In general, how likely or unlikely do you think it is that bad things will happen to you?

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

very unlikely                                                                                         very likely  

4. When bad things have happened in your life, how well do you feel that you have typically been able to cope?

5. Compared to most other people you know, how much have these bad things typically affected you?

6. When something bad happens to you, compared to most other people you know, how long does it usually affect the way you feel?

1            2            3            4            5            6            7
not for very long                                                                              for a very long time

7. In general, how much control do you feel that you personally have over whether or not good things happen to you?

8. With respect to good things that have occurred in your life, to what extent do you think that you have typically been responsible for their occurrence?

9. Over their lives most people have something good happen to them or to someone they love. By something good, we mean things like receiving an honor or award, getting a good grade in school, getting a promotion or raise, or going on vacation; or like when someone does something nice for you or a good friend comes to visit. Or maybe just something important you wanted to happen did happen. Compared to other people, you know, have things like this happened to you a lot, some, not much, or hardly ever?

10. In general, how likely or unlikely do you think it is that good things will happen to you?

1            2            3            4            5            6            7
very unlikely                                                                                            very likely  

11. When good things have happened in your life, how much do you feel you have typically been able to appreciate or enjoy them?

12. Compared to most other people you know, how much pleasure have you typically gotten from good things that have happened to you?

13. When something good happens to you, compared to most other people you know, how long does it usually affect the way you feel?

1            2            3            4            5            6            7
not for                                                                                                         for a very
very long                                                                                                    long time

14. When good things have happened to you, have there ever been times when you felt like everything was really going your way; that is, when you felt on top of the world, or felt a great deal of joy in life, or found it hard to contain your positive feelings? How often would you say you felt like that?

15. How often would you say that you feel like jumping or shouting for joy?

For each statement listed below, please mark the one number that best indicates how true the particular statement is for you. There are no right or wrong answers. Please be as honest as you can.

We would like you to think back to a positive experience that you recently had. Please describe the circumstances:

Please estimate the date that this particular positive event occurred (mmddyy):

Please mark the appropriate answer using the scales provided.

1. How desirable was this particular event?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
          The worse thing                                                                                The best thing
           that could happen                                                                            that could happen

2. To what extent were you personally responsible for the occurrence of this event?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
           I was not at                                                                                               I was very
          all responsible                                                                                        much responsible

3. How expected or unexpected was this particular event?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
         I did not expect                                                                                     I expected
         it to happen                                                                                           it to happen

4. How long did this particular event last, when it occurred?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
           It lasted                                                                                                 It lasted a
           a short time                                                                                           long time

5. How rare would you say this particular event is in your life?

            1      2     3     4      5     6     7     8     9     10
           It does not                                                                                                 It happens
           happen very often                                                                                    very often

6. To what extent did you look forward to this event before it occurred?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
         Not much                                                                                                A great deal

7. How much did your enjoyment of this event depend on what YOU were doing?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
         Not at all                                                                                                Almost entirely

8. How much did your enjoyment of this event depend on what OTHERS were doing?

            1      2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10
           Not at all                                                                                               Almost entirely

The following pages contain a list of things that people might think or do while they are going through positive events. Please read each of the following statements and indicate how much each of them applies to what you thought and did the last time you went on vacation.

Now think again about this particular positive event.

When this event occurred, how much did you enjoy it? 

After this event occurred, for how long did you continue
to enjoy it?    

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Did you do any of the following behaviors in an attempt to influence your feelings, either to increase positive moods or to decrease negative moods? Write "y" for YES or "n" for NO in the space preceding each item.

1.	I took action to solve the problem causing my mood.
2.	I tried to understand my feelings by thinking and analyzing them.
3.	I made plans or a resolution to avoid such problems in the future.
4.	I ate something to get over my bad mood.
5.	I wrote about my feelings in a diary, letter, or email.
6.	I withdrew from or avoided the situation.
7.	I tried to not let my feelings show, to suppress any expression.
8.	I talked to someone about my feelings.
9.	I tried to be grateful for the things in my life that are going well.
10.	I thought about something to distract myself from my feelings.
11.	I drank coffee or caffeinated beverages.
12.	I did something fun, something I really enjoy.
13.	I prayed, put my faith in God, or did something religious.
14.	I watched TV, read a book, etc., for distraction.
15.	I used alcohol to get out of a bad mood.
16.	I talked to an advisor or a mentor.
17.	I socialized to forget my mood.
18.	I tried to reinterpret the situation, to find a different meaning.
19.	I tried to accept it as my fait, what will be, will be.
20.	I let my feelings out by venting or expressing them.
21.	I kept to myself, I wanted to be alone.
22.	I treated my self to something special.
23.	I tried to put things in perspective.
24.	I tried to think about things that are going well for me.
25.	I laughed, joked around, and tried to make myself or others laugh.
26.	I compared myself to people who are worse off.
27.	I tried to find something good in the situation.
28.	I worked on something or stayed busy to forget my mood.
29.	I played sports, exercised.
30.	I slept or took a nap.
31.	I went out of my way to help someone.
32.	I daydreamed of the time when I will not have this problem.

Please answer how frequently you do the following using the following scale.

Select the number from the following scale to indicate how frequently you use that behavior to influence your feelings, either to increase positive moods or to decrease negative moods.

 

Not at all 1

..................

Moderately

..................

Almost Always 6

1.	I took action to solve the problem causing my mood.	1	2	3	4	5	6
2.	I tried to understand my feelings by thinking and analyzing them.	1	2	3	4	5	6
3.	I made plans or a resolution to avoid such problems in the future.	1	2	3	4	5	6
4.	I ate something to get over my bad mood.	1	2	3	4	5	6
5.	I wrote about my feelings in a diary, letter, or email.	1	2	3	4	5	6
6.	I withdrew from or avoided the situation.	1	2	3	4	5	6
7.	I tried to not let my feelings show, to suppress any expression.	1	2	3	4	5	6
8.	I talked to someone about my feelings.	1	2	3	4	5	6
9.	I tried to be grateful for the things in my life that are going well.	1	2	3	4	5	6
10.	I thought about something to distract myself from my feelings.	1	2	3	4	5	6
11.	I drank coffee or caffeinated beverages.	1	2	3	4	5	6
12.	I did something fun, something I really enjoy.	1	2	3	4	5	6
13.	I prayed, put my faith in God, or did something religious.	1	2	3	4	5	6
14.	I watched TV, read a book, etc., for distraction.	1	2	3	4	5	6
15.	I used alcohol to get out of a bad mood.	1	2	3	4	5	6
16.	I talked to an advisor or a mentor.	1	2	3	4	5	6
17.	I socialized to forget my mood.	1	2	3	4	5	6
18.	I tried to reinterpret the situation, to find a different meaning.	1	2	3	4	5	6
19.	I tried to accept it as my fait, what will be, will be.	1	2	3	4	5	6
20.	I let my feelings out by venting or expressing them.	1	2	3	4	5	6
21.	I kept to myself, I wanted to be alone.	1	2	3	4	5	6
22.	I treated my self to something special.	1	2	3	4	5	6
23.	I tried to put things in perspective.	1	2	3	4	5	6
24.	I tried to think about things that are going well for me.	1	2	3	4	5	6
25.	I laughed, joked around, and tried to make myself or others laugh.	1	2	3	4	5	6
26.	I compared myself to people who are worse off.	1	2	3	4	5	6
27.	I tried to find something good in the situation.	1	2	3	4	5	6
28.	I worked on something or stayed busy to forget my mood.	1	2	3	4	5	6
29.	I played sports, exercised.	1	2	3	4	5	6
30.	I slept or took a nap.	1	2	3	4	5	6
31.	I went out of my way to help someone.	1	2	3	4	5	6
32.	I daydreamed of the time when I will not have this problem.	1	2	3	4	5	6

Please fill in the number that best describes how often you feel or experience the following in general.

Measure of Affect Regulation Styles (MARS)

Profile Mood States

Describe HOW YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW by checking one space after each of the words listed below: