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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
A-AB-cw-mq-v-4-f
Focus:
Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
Time frame:
last week (cw)
Mode:
multiple questions (mq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on 4 questions

During the last week, how often did you feel
A  depressed
B  sad
C  happy
D  enjoyed life

Rated:
1 hardly ever
2  some of the time
3  most of the time
4  all of the time

Computation: (C+D)/2 - (A+B)/2

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Venkatraman (1995): study IN Chennai 1988 Elderly marrieds, Madras, India1988 N = 207
Mean
= 1.340
Venkatraman (1995): study US 1986 Elderly marrieds, USA 1986 N = 567
Mean
= 1.375