Measures of Happiness: O-DT-c-sq-v-7-b
Characteristics
- Code:
- O-DT-c-sq-v-7-b
- Focus:
- Overall: Delighted vs Terrible life (O-DT)
- Time frame:
- currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
- Mode:
- 1 question (sq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 7
Description
Self report on single question:How do you feel about your life as a whole right now.....?
1 terrible
2 unhappy
3 mostly dissatisfied
4 mixed (about equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
5 mostly satisfied
6 pleased
7 delighted
- neutral (neither satisfied nor dissatisfied)
- I never thought about it
- does not apply to me
Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (modified version by Michalos)
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 4.150
- SD
- = 1.500