Measures of Happiness: M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba
Characteristics
- Code:
- M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba
- Focus:
- Mixed: Contentment + Overall (M-CO)
- Time frame:
- time unspecified (u)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 5
Description
Self report on 4 questions:Using the 1-5 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding.
A In most ways my life is close to ideal
B The conditions of my life are excellent
C I am satisfied with my life
D So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life
Answers rated:
5 strongly agree
4 slightly agree
3 neither agree nor disagree
2 slightly disagree
1 strongly disagree
Computation:(A+B+C+D)/4
Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
(In the original scale item 5 reads: 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'. This item is left out in this selection because a positive answer to this question does not necessarily mean that the respondent doesn't like the life he/she actually lives.)
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 4.180
- Mean
- = 2.720
- Mean
- = 3.310
- Mean
- = 1.710
- SD
- = 0.850
- Mean
- = 1.710
- SD
- = 0.850
- Mean
- = 1.710
- SD
- = 0.850
- Mean
- = 3.590
- SD
- = 0.850
- Mean
- = 4.290
- SD
- = 1.400