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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-fa

Characteristics

Code:
A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-fa
Focus:
Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
multiple questions (mq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on 12 questions

Please think of what you have been doing and experiencing during the past 4 weeks. Then report how  much you experienced the following feelings;
A  positive
B  negative
C  good
D  bad
E  pleasant
F  unpleasant
G  happy
H  sad
I   afraid
J   joyful
K  angry
L  contented

Rated:
1  very rarely or never
2  rarely
3  sometimes
4  often
5  very often or always

Computation; ((A+C++E+G+J+L)/5) -(B+D+F+H+I+K/5))
name: Diener's Scale of Positive and negative Experience SPANE-B

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Heintzelman et al. (2019): study ZZ Anglo-America 2016 Adults, Canada and USA, 2016 N = 133
Mean
= 1.080
Martinez-Marti et al. (2018): study ES 2016 Aged 18-69, Spain, 2016 N = 150
Mean
= 1.490