Measures of Happiness: A-AOL-g-sq-v-11-a
Characteristics
- Code:
- A-AOL-g-sq-v-11-a
- Focus:
- Affect: Average Overall Level (A-AOL)
- Time frame:
- generally (g)
- Mode:
- 1 question (sq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 11
Description
Self report on single question:." In general how happy or unhappy do you usually feel....?"
Check the one statement that best describes your average happiness.
10 extremely happy (feeling ecstatic, joyous, fantastic)
9 very happy (feeling really good, elated)
8 pretty happy (spirits high, feeling good)
7 mildly happy (feeling fairly good and somewhat cheerful)
6 slightly happy (just a bit above neutral)
5 neutral (not particularly happy or unhappy)
4 slightly unhappy (just a bit below neutral)
3 mildly unhappy (just a little low)
2 pretty unhappy (somewhat "blue", spirits down)
1 very unhappy (depressed, spirits very low)
0 extremely unhappy (utterly depressed, completely down)
Fordyce Happiness Scale
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 6.710
- SD
- = 1.490
- Mean
- = 6.945