The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the Spanish POMS assesses the same factors as the original form of the questionnaire. The 'Profile of Mood States 2nd Edition' (POMS 2) was published in 2012 by Multi-Health Systems (MHS) to assess transient feelings and mood among individuals aged 13 years and above.
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Acknowledgments
Research sponsored by Wyeth Research, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, which was acquired by Pfizer Inc in October 2009. Medical writing support for this manuscript was provided by Kathleen M. Dorries, PhD, and medical editing support was provided by Jennifer Karpinski, BA, both of Embryon, LLC, a Division of Advanced Health Media, LLC. This assistance was funded by Pfizer Inc.
Conflict of interest
Dr. Wyrwich was a paid consultant to Wyeth, which was acquired by Pfizer Inc in October 2009, in connection with the development of this manuscript. Holly Yu is a full-time employee of Pfizer Inc.
Profile of Mood States
Profile Of Mood States Questionnaire Download For Windows 10
A test designed to measure certain psychological traits. Profile Of Mood States (POMS) is a popular tool among sport psychologists who have used it to compare the prevailing moods of elite athletes and non-athletes. Six mood states are used in POMS:
Participants are given a score for each trait according to their responses to certain statements which include key words such as unhappy, tense, careless, and cheerful. For each statement, subjects state how they feel at that moment, or how they felt over the previous day, few days, or week, by choosing one of the following responses: not at all; a little; moderately; quite a lot; extremely.
Elite athletes from different sports (including runners, rowers, and wrestlers) tend to score below average for negative states such as tension, depression, fatigue, and confusion; and score well above average on vigor. When presented on a graph, the POMS profile for these elite athletes assumes a characteristic shape that has been called the ‘iceberg’ profile; the better the athlete, the more pronounced the profile.
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POMS may be used to diagnose overtraining because the shape of the profile becomes inverted when an athlete overtrains.