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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction With Life: item not reported (O-SL?)
Time frame:
time frame not reported* (?)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

"........satisfaction with life........"
(Full question not reported)

1  very dissatisfied
2  a little dissatisfied
3  neither dissatisfied nor satisfied
4  well satisfied
5  completely satisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Armsden & Greenberg (1987): study US 1986 Undergraduate students, USA, 1982 N = 86
Crnic et al. (1983): study US 1981 16-42 aged mothers with newborns, Seattle, USA, 197? N = 105