Development and psychometric evaluation of the pleasant activities list.

@article{Roozen2008DevelopmentAP,
  title={Development and psychometric evaluation of the pleasant activities list.},
  author={Hendrik G Roozen and Hans Wiersema and Martin Strietman and Jan A. Feij and Peter M. Lewinsohn and Robert J. Meyers and Margot Koks and Jim Vingerhoets},
  journal={The American journal on addictions},
  year={2008},
  volume={17 5},
  pages={
          422-35
        }
}
This paper describes the development of a new 139-item behavioral questionnaire (PAL) assessing the frequency and enjoyability of pleasant activities occurring in the natural environment of patients with substance use disorders. The sample consisted of 265 patients with mainly substance use disorders and 272 healthy controls. Group comparisons indicated that patients reported lower frequency, enjoyability, and cross-product activity scores than controls. This study confirms previous findings… 
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