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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
M-TH-cm-sq-v-5-cb
Focus:
Mixed: Time Happy (M-TH)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How often during the past 4 weeks did you feel …..happy
1  very rarely
2  rarely
3  sometimes
4  often
5  very often

Item in wider list of questions on affect

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Sandner (2013): study DE 2006 Participants in a support program for disadvantaged first-time mothers, followed from pregnancy until 2 years after birth of first child, Germany, 2006-2009 N = 755
Mean
= 3.900
SD
= 0.780