Measures of Happiness: A-AB-g-mq-v-4-a
Characteristics
- Code:
- A-AB-g-mq-v-4-a
- Focus:
- Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
- Time frame:
- generally (g)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 4
Description
Self report on 9 itemsThinking about yourself and how you normally feel: how often do you feel as described below?
A. Happy
B. Scared
C. Lively
D. Miserable
E. Proud
F. Afraid
G. Joyful
H. Sad
I. Cheerful
Rated:
1 = Never
2 = Rarely
3 = Sometimes
4 = Always
Positive Affect (PA) = A + C + E + G + I
Negative Affect (NA) = B + D + G + H
Affect Balance (AB) = PA/5 minus NA/4
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 0.590
- SD
- = 0.904
- Mean
- = 0.940
- SD
- = 0.910
- Mean
- = 1.245
- SD
- = 0.950
- Mean
- = 0.950
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 0.870
- SD
- = 0.930
- Mean
- = 1.100
- SD
- = 0.910
- Mean
- = 0.760
- SD
- = 0.830
- Mean
- = 0.460
- SD
- = 0.790
- Mean
- = 0.860
- SD
- = 0.960
- Mean
- = 0.760
- SD
- = 0.980
- Mean
- = 1.010
- SD
- = 0.930
- Mean
- = 0.520
- SD
- = 0.790
- Mean
- = 0.950
- SD
- = 0.830
- Mean
- = 1.160
- SD
- = 0.800
- Mean
- = 0.880
- SD
- = 0.890
- Mean
- = 0.550
- SD
- = 0.970
- Mean
- = 1.160
- SD
- = 0.910
- Mean
- = 0.630
- SD
- = 0.890
- Mean
- = 0.760
- SD
- = 0.860
- Mean
- = 0.850
- SD
- = 0.840
- Mean
- = 1.030
- SD
- = 0.940
- Mean
- = 0.850
- SD
- = 0.870
- Mean
- = 0.300
- SD
- = 0.820
- Mean
- = 0.930
- SD
- = 0.990
- Mean
- = 0.950
- SD
- = 0.750
- Mean
- = 0.840
- SD
- = 0.840
- Mean
- = 0.630
- SD
- = 0.810
- Mean
- = 0.380
- SD
- = 0.790
- Mean
- = 0.940
- SD
- = 0.980
- Mean
- = 0.730
- SD
- = 1.070
- Mean
- = 1.540
- SD
- = 0.810
- Mean
- = 1.010
- SD
- = 1.000
- Mean
- = 0.790
- SD
- = 0.930
- Mean
- = 0.590
- SD
- = 0.920
- Mean
- = 0.840
- SD
- = 0.750
- Mean
- = 1.150
- SD
- = 0.870
- Mean
- = 1.030
- SD
- = 0.820
- Mean
- = 1.280
- SD
- = 0.860
- Mean
- = 0.470
- SD
- = 0.790
- Mean
- = 0.950
- SD
- = 0.800
- Mean
- = 1.430
- SD
- = 0.810
- Mean
- = 1.120
- SD
- = 0.870
- Mean
- = 1.140
- SD
- = 0.830
- Mean
- = 0.770
- SD
- = 0.680
- Mean
- = 0.810
- SD
- = 0.950
- Mean
- = 0.800
- SD
- = 0.790
- Mean
- = 0.850
- SD
- = 0.960
- Mean
- = 1.080
- SD
- = 0.870
- Mean
- = 0.880
- SD
- = 0.990
- Mean
- = 0.970
- SD
- = 0.990
- Mean
- = 0.910
- SD
- = 0.970
- Mean
- = 1.288
- SD
- = 0.968
- Mean
- = 0.626
- SD
- = 0.917
- Mean
- = 0.890
- SD
- = 0.820
- Mean
- = 0.757
- SD
- = 0.973
- Mean
- = 0.910
- SD
- = 0.840
- Mean
- = 0.805
- SD
- = 0.813
- Mean
- = 0.791
- SD
- = 0.877
- Mean
- = 0.826
- SD
- = 0.967
- Mean
- = 1.145
- SD
- = 0.799
- Mean
- = 1.010
- SD
- = 1.020
- Mean
- = 0.500
- SD
- = 0.940
- Mean
- = 0.751
- SD
- = 0.971
- Mean
- = 1.176
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 0.665
- SD
- = 0.817
- Mean
- = 0.880
- SD
- = 0.920
- Mean
- = 1.550
- SD
- = 0.770
- Mean
- = 1.040
- SD
- = 0.830
- Mean
- = 1.150
- SD
- = 0.860
- Mean
- = 0.770
- SD
- = 0.890
- Mean
- = 0.980
- SD
- = 0.970
- Mean
- = 1.210
- SD
- = 0.860
- Mean
- = 0.720
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 0.660
- SD
- = 0.870