Characteristics
- Code:
- O-Sum-u-mq-v-7-e
- Focus:
- Overall: Summed overall appraisals (O-Sum)
- Time frame:
- time unspecified (u)
- Mode:
- multiple questions (mq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 7
Description
Selfreport on 3 questions:Using the 1-7 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding.
A In most ways my life is close to ideal
B The conditions of my life are excellent
C So far I have gotten the important things I want from life
Answers rated:
7 strongly agree
6 agree
5 slightly agree
4 neither agree nor disagree
3 slightly disagree
2 disagree
1 strongly disagree
Computation: (A+B+C)/3
Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Two questions of this 5 item scale were left out: 3) 'I am satisfied with my life', and 5) 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'.