Measures of Happiness: M-CO-u-mq-v-5-bb
Characteristics
- Code:
- M-CO-u-mq-v-5-bb
- 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:To what extent are you in agreement / disagreement with the following statements about the way in which you think about yourself and your life?
A In most areas my life is almost ideal
B The conditions of my life are excellent
C I am contented with my life
D So far, I have always achieved the most important things I want in life
Answers rated:
5 totally agree
4 slightly agree
3 don't know
2 slightly disagree
1 totally disagree
Computation: A+B+C+D divided by 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
- = 3.000
- Mean
- = 3.340
- Mean
- = 3.750
- Mean
- = 3.930
- SD
- = 1.250