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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
M-FH-cm-sq-n-10-b
Focus:
Mixed: Feel Happy (M-FH)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
10

Description

Self report on single question:

How happy have you felt in the past month?
1  low happiness
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 high happiness

Preceded by the question 'How happy are you today?'

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Boerefijn & Bergsma (2011): study NL 2009 Students of a happiness course and controls, Netherlands 2009 N = 631
Mean
= 7.270
SD
= 1.830