Characteristics

Code:

M-CO-u-mq-v-7-c

Focus:

Mixed: Contentment + Overall (M-CO)

Time frame:

time unspecified (u)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

7

Description

Self report on 5 questions

A. In most ways my life is close to my 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 from life.
E. I am generally pleased with the life I lead.

Rated:
1: strongly disagree
2:  disagree
3:  slightly disagree
4:  neither agree nor disagree
5:  slightly agree
6:  agree
7:  strongly agree

Computation: (A+B+C+D+E)/5

Name: General Life subscale. First 5 items in  Extended Satisfaction With Life Scale ESWLS (Alfonso et al 1996