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Abstract
Two studies are presented to introduce a 10-item short form of the Need for Affect Questionnaire (NAQ–S; cf. Maio & Esses, Citation2001). Study 1 was based on 4 independent samples (German or English language; N total = 2,151) and demonstrated the expected factorial structure of the NAQ–S; its measurement invariance with respect to gender, age, and education; and the predicted associations with relevant personality measures. A latent state-trait analysis conducted in Study 2 (N = 140) suggests that most of the reliable variance of the NAQ–S represents stable individual differences.
Acknowledgment
We would like to thank Bernad Batinic for comments on an earlier version of this article.