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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
A-ARE-cq-sqr-v-3-a
Focus:
Affect: Average Repeated Overall Estimate (A-ARE)
Time frame:
last quarter (cq)
Mode:
1 question, repeated (sqr)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question, asked 21 times in a period of 10 weeks (experience sampling)

How would you characterize your mood or impulse of the last instant....?
3  happy
2  neutral
1  sad

Summation: average of 21 scores.

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Cameron (1975): study US 1970 College students, Detroit, USA, 197? N = 187