Characteristics

Code:

O-HL-u-mq-v-9-a

Focus:

Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)

Time frame:

time unspecified (u)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

9

Description

Self report on single question:

Here is a series of statements about life as it is for people. Check the one that is closest to how you feel
1  Life is worthless and unhappy
2  Life is pretty unhappy
3  There are many good things in life, but unfortunately the troubles are more frequent than the joys
4 happiness and unhappiness are bound to even out as about equal in any one's experience
5  Whether life is happy or unhappy depends on how you make it
6  There are usually more good things than bad things in life
7  Usually, the troubles one has do not last and are not nearly as important as the joys
8 Life on the whole is fine and happy
9 Every aspect of life can be seen as worthwhile and therefore be viewed with happiness