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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-md-sq-v-7-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole (O-SLW)
Time frame:
last day (md)
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 today?
-3  terrible
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3 delighted
Labels of medium response options not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Martinez-Marti et al. (2010): study ES Madrid 2007 Students, participants in a gratitude training, Madrid, Spain, 2007 N = 105
Mean
= 5.000