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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-a
Focus:
Overall: Happy Person (O-HP)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
6

Description

Self report on  single questions:

How did you feel during the last month?. Were you a happy person?
6:  continually
5:  mostly
4:  often
3:  sometimes
2:  seldom
1:  never

Last item in a series of questions on self and life

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Anderson et al. (1990): study GB Glasgow City 1985 30-40 aged women, Glasgow, UK 198? N = 436