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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-n
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole at present?
3  happy
2  undecided
1  unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Al-Hussaini et al. (2001): study OM 1998 Meditation trainees and controls, Oman, 1998 N = 45
Mean
= 2.090
SD
= 0.600