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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-d

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-d
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with life (unspecified) (O-SLu)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

'I am satisfied with my life'
1  strongly disagree
2  agree
3  neither agree not disagree
4  disagree
5  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS)
Adjusted rating scale (5-step verbal instead of 7-step numerical)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation Reig Ferrer et al. (2001): study ES 2000 University students, Alicante, Spain 2000 N = 845
Mean
= 3.657
SD
= 0.866
 Wu & Yao (2007): study TW 2002 University students, Taiwan, 200? N = 304
Mean
= 4.080
SD
= 1.410
 Cadenas Blanco et al. (2019): study ES 2014 Patients of a gender clinic and controls, Spain, 201? N = 71
Mean
= 3.350
 Gerymski (2017): study PL 2015 Hetero-, bi and homosexual transgender and cisgender men, Poland, 2015 N = 117
Mean
= 4.060
 Rabito-Alcon & Rodríguez-Molina (2016): study ES 2011 Pre-surgery gender dysphoric people and controls, Spain, 201? N = 101
Mean
= 3.080
 Gerymski (2018): study PL 2013 Transgender people and cisgender controls, Poland, 201? N = 355
Mean
= 4.320
 Caycho-Rodríguez et al. (2018): study PE Trujillo, La Libertad 2017 Elderly, Peru, 2017 N = 236
Mean
= 3.580
SD
= 1.030