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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: A-AB-cw-mq-v-4-k

Characteristics

Code:
A-AB-cw-mq-v-4-k
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 12 questions:

Here are some words that people use to describe how they feel. How do these apply to you in the past week?
A  nervous
B  optimistic
C  blue
E  easy
F  down
G tranquil
H  stressed
I    sad
J  relaxed
K  uneasy
L  cheerful
M elated

Rated:
1  not at all
2  hardly
3  somewhat
4  completely

Computation: (B+E+G+J+L+M)/6 -(A+C+F+H+I+K)?^

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Hermans et al. (2019): study NL 2016 Office workers followed 3 years before and after placing plants in their workplace and controls, Netherlands 2016-2018 N = 119