Measures of Happiness: A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-tb
Characteristics
- Code:
- A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-tb
- Focus:
- Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
- Time frame:
- yesterday (yd)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 2
Description
Self report on 6 questionsA Did you smile and laugh a lot yesterday?
Did you experience the following feelings during A LOT OF THE DAY yesterday?
B How about enjoyment?
C How about worry?
D How about sadness?
E How about happiness?
F How about anger?
Rated:
1 yes
0 no
Computation:
- Average % positive affect = (A+B+E)/3
- Average % negative affect = (C+D+F)/3
- Affect Balance = Average % positive affect - Average % negative affect
Transformation to range 0-10:
(Score[range-100-100] + 100)/200*10
These questions do not measure hedonic level of affect of individual persons adequately, since yesterday's mood does not always correspond with typical average mood. Yet these questions can be used for measuring hedonic level in aggregates, such as nations, since individual variations balance out in big samples.
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 25.940
- Mean
- = 34.680
- Mean
- = 34.290
- Mean
- = 34.420
- Mean
- = 44.250
- Mean
- = 36.080
- Mean
- = 34.780
- Mean
- = 37.110
- Mean
- = 33.520
- Mean
- = 35.040
- Mean
- = 29.530
- Mean
- = 37.430
- Mean
- = 29.760
- Mean
- = 25.300
- Mean
- = 50.520
- Mean
- = 62.690
- Mean
- = 63.520
- Mean
- = 60.820
- Mean
- = 58.430
- Mean
- = 13.580
- Mean
- = 13.160
- Mean
- = 8.320
- Mean
- = 1.550
- Mean
- = 5.400
- Mean
- = 60.800
- Mean
- = 61.420
- Mean
- = 62.050
- Mean
- = 59.630
- Mean
- = 65.900
- Mean
- = 65.890
- Mean
- = 64.420
- Mean
- = 66.560
- Mean
- = 35.100
- Mean
- = 30.970
- Mean
- = 25.510
- Mean
- = 27.770
- Mean
- = 28.780
- Mean
- = 34.180
- Mean
- = 26.190
- Mean
- = 2.990
- Mean
- = 20.820
- Mean
- = 49.350
- Mean
- = 44.700
- Mean
- = 33.620
- Mean
- = 45.000
- Mean
- = 53.030
- Mean
- = 34.230
- Mean
- = 35.830
- Mean
- = 27.140
- Mean
- = 34.240
- Mean
- = 57.130
- Mean
- = 58.790
- Mean
- = 60.950
- Mean
- = 58.220
- Mean
- = 28.110
- Mean
- = 40.710
- Mean
- = 35.190
- Mean
- = 38.860
- Mean
- = 42.440
- Mean
- = 41.650
- Mean
- = 39.930
- Mean
- = 37.360
- Mean
- = 18.140
- Mean
- = 10.750
- Mean
- = 27.030
- Mean
- = 20.970
- Mean
- = 51.330
- Mean
- = 51.810
- Mean
- = 57.950
- Mean
- = 60.210
- Mean
- = 55.480
- Mean
- = 55.840
- Mean
- = 56.680
- Mean
- = 53.990
- Mean
- = 40.490
- Mean
- = 30.820
- Mean
- = 26.280
- Mean
- = 33.650
- Mean
- = 21.960
- Mean
- = 37.340
- Mean
- = 37.390
- Mean
- = 24.510
- Mean
- = 18.690
- Mean
- = 47.700
- Mean
- = 49.860
- Mean
- = 40.390
- Mean
- = 60.850
- Mean
- = 35.250
- Mean
- = 49.140
- Mean
- = 46.860
- Mean
- = 28.770
- Mean
- = 34.330
- Mean
- = 33.260
- Mean
- = 32.620
- Mean
- = 33.360
- Mean
- = 68.800
- Mean
- = 61.980
- Mean
- = 64.580
- Mean
- = 63.370
- Mean
- = 62.740
- Mean
- = 26.630
- Mean
- = 24.690
- Mean
- = 34.360
- Mean
- = 33.580
- Mean
- = 25.760
- Mean
- = 30.230
- Mean
- = 21.080
- Mean
- = 42.680
- Mean
- = 50.840
- Mean
- = 50.910
- Mean
- = 48.690
- Mean
- = 52.780
- Mean
- = 67.050
- Mean
- = 62.420
- Mean
- = 60.720
- Mean
- = 68.660
- Mean
- = 66.210
- Mean
- = 49.620
- Mean
- = 56.950
- Mean
- = 56.600
- Mean
- = 54.570
- Mean
- = 55.220
- Mean
- = 50.470
- Mean
- = 54.960
- Mean
- = 49.330
- Mean
- = 40.040
- Mean
- = 27.520
- Mean
- = 33.320
- Mean
- = 24.160
- Mean
- = 20.890
- Mean
- = 40.850
- Mean
- = 40.440
- Mean
- = 61.130
- Mean
- = 65.920
- Mean
- = 66.500
- Mean
- = 60.640
- Mean
- = 63.390
- Mean
- = 36.450
- Mean
- = 34.790
- Mean
- = 32.450
- Mean
- = 35.050
- Mean
- = 41.690
- Mean
- = 49.040
- Mean
- = 49.080
- Mean
- = 38.670
- Mean
- = 39.730
- Mean
- = 34.810
- Mean
- = 35.250
- Mean
- = 59.380
- Mean
- = 51.540
- Mean
- = 63.030
- Mean
- = 59.460
- Mean
- = 56.520
- Mean
- = 63.440
- Mean
- = 43.000
- Mean
- = 39.870
- Mean
- = 40.220
- Mean
- = 50.560
- Mean
- = 50.530
- Mean
- = 50.900
- Mean
- = 49.980
- Mean
- = 55.940
- Mean
- = 58.440
- Mean
- = 60.650
- Mean
- = 59.100
- Mean
- = 51.390
- Mean
- = 38.170
- Mean
- = 30.270
- Mean
- = 29.040
- Mean
- = 17.520
- Mean
- = 12.880
- Mean
- = 60.990
- Mean
- = 60.710
- Mean
- = 51.160
- Mean
- = 53.900
- Mean
- = 46.540
- Mean
- = 37.940
- Mean
- = 35.450
- Mean
- = 44.620
- Mean
- = 44.840
- Mean
- = 53.120
- Mean
- = 62.920
- Mean
- = 63.000
- Mean
- = 56.770
- Mean
- = 59.460
- Mean
- = 46.510
- Mean
- = 45.960
- Mean
- = 52.920
- Mean
- = 49.980
- Mean
- = 50.110
- Mean
- = 32.740
- Mean
- = 20.430
- Mean
- = 17.950
- Mean
- = 24.960
- Mean
- = 25.930
- Mean
- = 26.820
- Mean
- = 30.910
- Mean
- = 56.750
- Mean
- = 58.540
- Mean
- = 61.140
- Mean
- = 62.850
- Mean
- = 63.420
- Mean
- = 54.500
- Mean
- = 57.660
- Mean
- = 59.930
- Mean
- = 53.480
- Mean
- = 60.730
- Mean
- = 39.490
- Mean
- = 34.240
- Mean
- = 26.860
- Mean
- = 22.920
- Mean
- = 60.070
- Mean
- = 58.900
- Mean
- = 61.430
- Mean
- = 55.510
- Mean
- = 51.340
- Mean
- = 44.040
- Mean
- = 39.260
- Mean
- = 35.190
- Mean
- = 26.240
- Mean
- = 38.040
- Mean
- = 30.960
- Mean
- = 58.350
- Mean
- = 54.160
- Mean
- = 53.660
- Mean
- = 50.820
- Mean
- = 55.290
- Mean
- = 48.230
- Mean
- = 55.200
- Mean
- = 52.730
- Mean
- = 53.820
- Mean
- = 53.180
- Mean
- = 43.650
- Mean
- = 42.100
- Mean
- = 33.760
- Mean
- = 33.650
- Mean
- = 72.650
- Mean
- = 74.260
- Mean
- = 41.480
- Mean
- = 47.070
- Mean
- = 43.000
- Mean
- = 41.660
- Mean
- = 33.390
- Mean
- = 53.460
- Mean
- = 67.220
- Mean
- = 61.880
- Mean
- = 59.040
- Mean
- = 66.790
- Mean
- = 27.900
- Mean
- = 21.900
- Mean
- = 8.360
- Mean
- = 7.680
- Mean
- = 11.900
- Mean
- = 11.080
- Mean
- = -6.950
- Mean
- = -2.610
- Mean
- = 72.760
- Mean
- = 62.940
- Mean
- = 67.530
- Mean
- = 67.490
- Mean
- = 59.850
- Mean
- = 36.030
- Mean
- = 36.880
- Mean
- = 31.710
- Mean
- = 35.340
- Mean
- = 34.590
- Mean
- = 36.910
- Mean
- = 49.610
- Mean
- = 36.050
- Mean
- = 39.280
- Mean
- = 28.210
- Mean
- = 41.780
- Mean
- = 59.870
- Mean
- = 58.910
- Mean
- = 61.550
- Mean
- = 63.940
- Mean
- = 59.470
- Mean
- = 60.540
- Mean
- = 33.780
- Mean
- = 38.000
- Mean
- = 29.970
- Mean
- = 35.170
- Mean
- = 21.940
- Mean
- = 51.530
- Mean
- = 54.990
- Mean
- = 54.290
- Mean
- = 54.070
- Mean
- = 55.550
- Mean
- = 62.320
- Mean
- = 58.930
- Mean
- = 69.590
- Mean
- = 53.240
- Mean
- = 51.280
- Mean
- = 42.880
- Mean
- = 70.690
- Mean
- = 68.590
- Mean
- = 57.750
- Mean
- = 62.640
- Mean
- = 57.150
- Mean
- = 58.280
- Mean
- = 30.380
- Mean
- = 49.590
- Mean
- = 40.370
- Mean
- = 48.850
- Mean
- = 53.160
- Mean
- = 48.800
- Mean
- = 45.750
- Mean
- = 46.660
- Mean
- = 51.460
- Mean
- = 61.640
- Mean
- = 72.520
- Mean
- = 47.620
- Mean
- = 44.250
- Mean
- = 52.610
- Mean
- = 53.010
- Mean
- = 50.810
- Mean
- = 62.750
- Mean
- = 67.450
- Mean
- = 53.010
- Mean
- = 42.370
- Mean
- = 28.280
- Mean
- = 34.160
- Mean
- = 32.780
- Mean
- = 16.130
- Mean
- = 12.660
- Mean
- = 18.390
- Mean
- = 25.780
- Mean
- = 16.060
- Mean
- = 62.350
- Mean
- = 32.390
- Mean
- = 37.810
- Mean
- = 37.870
- Mean
- = 25.700
- Mean
- = 25.540
- Mean
- = 20.110
- Mean
- = 29.490
- Mean
- = 30.360
- Mean
- = 56.150
- Mean
- = 59.270
- Mean
- = 63.630
- Mean
- = 58.780
- Mean
- = 39.990
- Mean
- = 27.500
- Mean
- = 49.590
- Mean
- = 63.490
- Mean
- = 44.430
- Mean
- = 61.520
- Mean
- = 62.970
- Mean
- = 65.810
- Mean
- = 64.050
- Mean
- = 73.250
- Mean
- = 69.050
- Mean
- = 51.770
- Mean
- = 61.070
- Mean
- = 63.490
- Mean
- = 62.640
- Mean
- = 57.130
- Mean
- = 35.690
- Mean
- = 32.160
- Mean
- = 39.650
- Mean
- = 35.380
- Mean
- = 55.580
- Mean
- = 56.780
- Mean
- = 64.930
- Mean
- = 58.710
- Mean
- = 61.840
- Mean
- = 48.590
- Mean
- = 62.430
- Mean
- = 65.270
- Mean
- = 62.460
- Mean
- = 56.250
- Mean
- = 50.640
- Mean
- = 30.020
- Mean
- = 25.510
- Mean
- = 30.630
- Mean
- = 28.310
- Mean
- = 25.400
- Mean
- = 41.240
- Mean
- = 56.240
- Mean
- = 53.890
- Mean
- = 50.800
- Mean
- = 20.050
- Mean
- = 18.440
- Mean
- = 22.460
- Mean
- = 19.430
- Mean
- = 54.850
- Mean
- = 40.580
- Mean
- = 34.340
- Mean
- = 34.860
- Mean
- = 55.890
- Mean
- = 59.180
- Mean
- = 35.470
- Mean
- = 44.650
- Mean
- = 49.210
- Mean
- = 50.500
- Mean
- = 60.650
- Mean
- = 64.720
- Mean
- = 68.130
- Mean
- = 63.440
- Mean
- = 62.240
- Mean
- = 61.250
- Mean
- = 65.380
- Mean
- = 65.940
- Mean
- = 49.450
- Mean
- = 48.200
- Mean
- = 53.740
- Mean
- = 48.240
- Mean
- = 54.860
- Mean
- = 45.600
- Mean
- = 61.500
- Mean
- = 61.960
- Mean
- = 53.430
- Mean
- = 46.100
- Mean
- = 49.540
- Mean
- = 51.960
- Mean
- = 59.170
- Mean
- = 60.180
- Mean
- = 20.550
- Mean
- = 25.310
- Mean
- = 22.560
- Mean
- = 22.010
- Mean
- = 63.660
- Mean
- = 60.990
- Mean
- = 33.440
- Mean
- = 29.050
- Mean
- = 27.880
- Mean
- = 27.000
- Mean
- = 33.220
- Mean
- = 16.800
- Mean
- = 7.800
- Mean
- = 24.610
- Mean
- = 17.940
- Mean
- = 23.790
- Mean
- = 66.920
- Mean
- = 73.880
- Mean
- = 74.120
- Mean
- = 70.570
- Mean
- = 66.190
- Mean
- = 58.980
- Mean
- = 64.560
- Mean
- = 67.940
- Mean
- = 61.960
- Mean
- = 62.430
- Mean
- = 40.870
- Mean
- = 49.070
- Mean
- = 46.930
- Mean
- = 44.920
- Mean
- = 35.920
- Mean
- = 42.140
- Mean
- = 53.470
- Mean
- = 58.160
- Mean
- = 49.310
- Mean
- = 51.400
- Mean
- = 44.440
- Mean
- = 50.270
- Mean
- = 50.150
- Mean
- = 52.070
- Mean
- = 39.360
- Mean
- = 47.650
- Mean
- = 44.590
- Mean
- = 35.880
- Mean
- = 41.980
- Mean
- = 43.310
- Mean
- = 44.370
- Mean
- = 27.830
- Mean
- = 25.200
- Mean
- = 24.830
- Mean
- = 21.340
- Mean
- = 42.790
- Mean
- = 39.720
- Mean
- = 41.760
- Mean
- = 43.610
- Mean
- = 43.760
- Mean
- = 42.220
- Mean
- = 56.530
- Mean
- = 51.120
- Mean
- = 57.040
- Mean
- = 50.770
- Mean
- = 42.240
- Mean
- = 34.790
- Mean
- = 48.580
- Mean
- = 49.040
- Mean
- = 42.070
- Mean
- = 52.980
- Mean
- = 62.610
- Mean
- = 57.190
- Mean
- = 55.730
- Mean
- = 10.830
- Mean
- = 11.680
- Mean
- = 13.520
- Mean
- = 14.310
- Mean
- = 16.400
- Mean
- = 22.310
- Mean
- = 14.630
- Mean
- = 46.480
- Mean
- = 29.210
- Mean
- = 47.110
- Mean
- = 33.910
- Mean
- = 38.930
- Mean
- = 34.920
- Mean
- = 35.390
- Mean
- = 33.760
- Mean
- = 37.540
- Mean
- = 36.620
- Mean
- = 37.240
- Mean
- = 56.660
- Mean
- = 49.660
- Mean
- = 67.000
- Mean
- = 53.290
- Mean
- = 58.320
- Mean
- = 51.240
- Mean
- = 41.630
- Mean
- = 40.250
- Mean
- = 38.120
- Mean
- = 38.280
- Mean
- = 63.730
- Mean
- = 59.730
- Mean
- = 65.910
- Mean
- = 65.010
- Mean
- = 66.700
- Mean
- = 48.860
- Mean
- = 44.780
- Mean
- = 33.730
- Mean
- = 33.380
- Mean
- = 51.390
- Mean
- = 56.960
- Mean
- = 67.010
- Mean
- = 66.830
- Mean
- = 63.290
- Mean
- = 63.540
- Mean
- = 68.490
- Mean
- = 61.250
- Mean
- = 68.310
- Mean
- = 27.070
- Mean
- = 28.190
- Mean
- = 33.300
- Mean
- = 10.320
- Mean
- = -24.020
- Mean
- = 62.520
- Mean
- = 70.950
- Mean
- = 71.440
- Mean
- = 68.140
- Mean
- = 44.540
- Mean
- = 40.210
- Mean
- = 45.090
- Mean
- = 53.220
- Mean
- = 51.630
- Mean
- = 56.630
- Mean
- = 61.800
- Mean
- = 57.040
- Mean
- = 61.940
- Mean
- = 48.350
- Mean
- = 67.400
- Mean
- = 73.160
- Mean
- = 71.970
- Mean
- = 81.770
- Mean
- = 71.700
- Mean
- = -1.620
- Mean
- = 8.490
- Mean
- = 63.340
- Mean
- = 77.210
- Mean
- = 47.570
- Mean
- = 33.950
- Mean
- = 19.390
- Mean
- = 26.890
- Mean
- = 28.200
- Mean
- = 32.470
- Mean
- = 24.150
- Mean
- = 30.990
- Mean
- = 62.920
- Mean
- = 51.700
- Mean
- = 46.760
- Mean
- = 40.100
- Mean
- = 34.430
- Mean
- = 39.640
- Mean
- = 42.370
- Mean
- = 48.870
- Mean
- = 38.730
- Mean
- = 39.410
- Mean
- = 28.550
- Mean
- = 37.080
- Mean
- = 37.750
- Mean
- = 48.300
- Mean
- = 52.960
- Mean
- = 54.700
- Mean
- = 54.370
- Mean
- = 60.070
- Mean
- = 61.540
- Mean
- = 68.630
- Mean
- = 67.060
- Mean
- = 66.020
- Mean
- = 64.510
- Mean
- = 58.180
- Mean
- = 62.960
- Mean
- = 56.300
- Mean
- = 57.410
- Mean
- = 48.720
- Mean
- = 53.890
- Mean
- = 57.550
- Mean
- = 55.310
- Mean
- = 57.370
- Mean
- = 52.700
- Mean
- = 57.690
- Mean
- = 62.400
- Mean
- = 66.440
- Mean
- = 66.750
- Mean
- = 57.730
- Mean
- = 64.470
- Mean
- = 73.180
- Mean
- = 62.930
- Mean
- = 68.160
- Mean
- = 44.760
- Mean
- = 39.280
- Mean
- = 46.940
- Mean
- = 33.890
- Mean
- = 39.380
- Mean
- = 20.910
- Mean
- = 27.410
- Mean
- = 21.780
- Mean
- = 23.900
- Mean
- = 53.840
- Mean
- = 60.480
- Mean
- = 62.910
- Mean
- = 47.560
- Mean
- = 38.090
- Mean
- = 51.710
- Mean
- = 62.560
- Mean
- = 57.060
- Mean
- = 49.200