Measures of Happiness: A-AB-cw-mq-v-3-a
Characteristics
- Code:
- A-AB-cw-mq-v-3-a
- Focus:
- Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
- Time frame:
- last week (cw)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 3
Description
Self-report on 18 questions:How have things been going in the last week? Please tick one of the three boxes for each of the questions below:
A Have you been annoyed with someone?
B Have you ever felt lonely or remote from people?
C Have you ever felt that things were going your way?
D Have you ever felt very worried?
E Have you ever felt pleased because you've got friends?
F Have you ever been afraid of what might happen?
G Have you ever felt particularly excited or interested in something?
H Have you ever felt depressed or unhappy?
I Have you ever been full of energy?
J Have you ever felt really tired?
K Have you ever felt so restless that you could not sit long in a chair?
L Have you ever felt that you were really enjoying yourself?
M Have you ever felt really cheerful?
N Have you ever felt like crying?
O Have you ever felt at the top of the world?
P Have you ever felt confident about the future?
Q Have you ever felt bored?
R Have you ever felt pleased about having accomplished something?
Rated:
1: never or seldom
2: sometimes
3: usually or a lot
Computation: (C+E+G+I+L+M+O+P+R) - (A+B+D+F+H+J+K+N+Q)
Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale: extended version, variant by Godoy
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 5.990
- SD
- = 5.840