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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
M-FH-c-sq-v-5-a
Focus:
Mixed: Feel Happy (M-FH)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How do you feel yourself at the time being? Is your present wellbeing.....?
5   very high
4   high
3   moderate
2   rather low
1   low

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Gehmacher (1992b): study AT 1989 16+ aged, general public, Austria, 1989 N = 2000
Kuiper & Cohen-Kettenis (1988): study NL 1983 Transsexuals, in treatment and after treatment, Netherlands, 198? N = 141
Mean
= 3.682
SD
= 0.924