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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
A-AB-m-mq-ol-101-a
Focus:
Affect: Affect Balance (Various) (A-AB)
Time frame:
momentary (now) (m)
Mode:
multiple questions (mq)
Scale Type:
open line scale (ol)
Scale Range:
101

Description

Self report on 8 questions:

How ------- are you right now?
A  sad
B  worried
C  angry
D  upset
F  tense
G  happy
H  cheerful

Rated on100 mm visual analogue scale
0      not at all
:
100 very

Computation: (G+H)/2 - (A+B+C+D+E+F)/6

Name: Affective Arousal Scale (AAS)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Kansky et al. (2019): study US 2003 Teenagers USA, followed 11 years 2003-2014 N = 166
Mean
= 5.710