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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: M-CO-c-sq-n-7-a

Characteristics

Code:
M-CO-c-sq-n-7-a
Focus:
Mixed: Contentment + Overall (M-CO)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

Here are some words and phrases we would like you to use to describe how you feel about your present life.....
1 unsuccessful                                              
2
3
4
5
6
7  successful

Item in: Campbell's Semantic Differential Scale

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Warr (1978): study GB 1976 Steel workers, 6 months after closure of plant, Manchester, UK, 1976 N = 1655
Mean
= 4.950
SD
= 1.680