Characteristics

Code:

M-AC-h-mq-v-8-a

Focus:

Mixed: Affect + Contentment (M-AC)

Time frame:

hitherto (h)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

8

Description

Self report on 2 questions:         

A
"How important was each of the following goals in life in the plans you  made for yourself in early adulthood?"
-  
-  
-  joy in living  


4 of prime importance to me
3
2
1 less important to me than to most people

B.
"How successful have you been in the  pursuit of these goals?"
5  had excellent fortune in this respect
4
3
2
1  little satisfaction in this area

Computation: Life satisfaction score =  Perceived success in achieving joy in living now (B) minus remembered importance of joy in living in early adulthood (A)