To assess well-being, activity and mood, a special questionnaire was developed. It was created by employees of the First Moscow Medical Institute. I.M.Sechenova. More specifically, in 1973, the SAN questionnaire was developed by V. A. Doskin, N. A. Lavrentiev, V. B. Sharay, and M. P. Miroshnikov. The features of this testing are described in the article.
How is the questionnaire used?
The test is in demand for assessing the mental state. At the same time, it displays the well-being of not only patients of medical institutions, but also healthy people. The study aims to identify biological rhythms. They are represented by periodically repeated changes in the features, strength of phenomena and processes of a biological nature. This also applies to individual characteristics that reflect psychophysiological functions.
Passing the test consists in correlating the state with psychological signs. The SAN questionnaire is very convenient to use. It is presented in the form of a scale with indices (3 2 1 0 1 2 3). The test subject is offered 30 pairs of words for which the opposite meaning is characteristic. The task is to select and circle 1 digit on each scale. The selected value should most accurately reflect the state of the person as it is at the time of the test.
Questionnaire components
Using the form, you can analyze your well-being at the moment. The bottom line is that the internal state is always formed from several characteristics.
The SAN questionnaire identifies such features:
- Well-being, consisting of strength, fatigue and health.
- Activity - from mobility, flow rate of functions.
- The mood composed of the characteristics of the emotional state.
These characteristics show how the respondent feels at a given time. Thanks to testing, the general state of health, the degree of mobility, as well as the emotional background, become clear.
Test structure
The SAN questionnaire is composed of 30 pairs of opposing qualities that characterize well-being. The answers to them help to understand yourself, displaying the measure of manifestation of each characteristic at a given time. When passing the test, you need to describe your condition as accurately as possible. To do this, in each of the pairs you need to select a feature with which you can display the status at a given time. For this purpose, you should choose a figure that most closely matches the sensations at a given time.
Each of the scales has an average score of 4. This is how the SAN questionnaire works in this way. Well-being, activity, mood are defined as favorable when the score exceeds 4 points. But if the value is less, then you can not judge a good attitude towards what is happening at this point in time. For normal assessments of the state, a range of 5.0-5.5 points is inherent.
Feeling well
One of the features to be analyzed is how the individual feels. It is a combination of subjective sensations. Thus, the physiological and psychological comfort features are revealed. The direction of feelings and thoughts is also determined by trying the SAN questionnaire in action.
The interpretation of the results indicates that the state of health is represented by some generalizing characteristic. It can be vigor, malaise, and others. Such emotions can cause discomfort in different parts of the body.
Activity
Activity is a common characteristic of living things. Moreover, its own dynamics consists in transforming or maintaining vitally significant relationships with external stimuli. This is accompanied by a certain division. It is represented by the types of activity:
- Chemical.
- Activity of consciousness.
- Physical, nervous, mental activity.
- Groups.
- Personalities.
- Society.
Activity is directly related to the way events are predicted. This applies to the environment itself, as well as the position of the living organism in it.
In addition, this is a sphere of manifestation of temperament. It is determined by the breadth of interaction between man and the environment (social and physical). This parameter determines the well-being that meets the characteristics:
- Inertia.
- Passivity.
- Initiative.
- Calm
- Swiftness.
- Activity.
Mood
The indicated quality is represented by continuous states for which stability is characteristic. This is the structure of the SAN questionnaire. Interpretation involves evaluating the emotional background characterizing a depressed or high spirits. The emotional background is a reaction to the consequences of certain events. This also applies to their importance in relation to common expectations, life plans and interests.
In this case, a clear identification of the state is important. It can be boredom or delight, joy. Unlike sensations, the mood is directed to one or another object. It is caused by some reason, reason. At the same time, the presence of an emotional response to any influences is important.
How is data processing
The results of the SAN questionnaire are easy to calculate. Index 3 should be chosen with poor health, the lowest activity and very poor mood. It corresponds to 1 point.
It is followed by index 2, which corresponds to the same number of points. And 1 is taken for 3 points and so on. The poles of the scale are undergoing constant changes. Index 3 on the opposite side becomes equal to 7 points. For positive states, high values are characteristic, and for negative states, the lowest. According to the given points, the arithmetic mean should be calculated. This should be done as a whole, as well as separately, depending on activity, mood and well-being.
A similar test is very effective and simple. It is especially convenient to go through it online, each time filling a blank field. Although you can use the printout and pen to reveal the features of their well-being. It can be done by a professional or in order to satisfy a personal interest.