Measure

Happiness measure, code: O-Sum-u-mq-v-7-a

Selfreport on four 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 I am satisfied with my life D So far, I have gotten the important things I want in 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+D Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (In the original scale item 5 reads: 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'. This item is left out in this selection because a positive answer to this question does not necessarily mean that the respondent doesn't like the life he/she actually lives.)

Classification
Focus, O-Sum	Overall: Summed overall appraisals
Time frame, u	time unspecified
Mode, mq	multiple questions
Scale type, v	verbal scale Range = 7

Used in studies

Reference	Diener (2001a): study AU 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Australia, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study BH 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Bahrein, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study EG 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Egypt, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study GH 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Ghana, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study ID 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Indonesia, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study JP 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Japan, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study KR 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Korea,(South), 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study NG 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Nigeria, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study NP 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Nepal, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study PK 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Pakistan, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study SG 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Singapore, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study TR 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Turkey, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study TW 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Taiwan, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study TZ 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Tanzania, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study US 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, United States, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study ZA 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, South Africa, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2001a): study ZW 1995
Title	Happiness in International Study of Student Wellbeing
Public	Students, Zimbabwe, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study AR 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Argentina, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study AT 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Austria, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study BR 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Brazil, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study CN 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, China, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study CO 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Colombia, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study DE 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Germany, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study DK 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Denmark, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study EE 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Estonia, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study ES 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Spain, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study FI 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Finland, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study GR 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Greece, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study GT 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Guatemala, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study HK 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Hong Kong, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study HU 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Hungary, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study IN 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, India, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study IT 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Italy, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study LT 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Lithuania, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study NL 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Netherlands, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study NO 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Norway, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study PE 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Peru, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study PR 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Puerto Rico, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study PT 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Portugal, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study SI 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Slovenia, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener (2002): study TH 2001
Title	Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
Public	Students, Thailand, 2001
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Oh et al. (2014): study US Michigan 2014
Title	How Does Online Social Networking Enhance Life Satisfaction?The Relationships among Online Supportive Interaction, Affect, Perceived Social Support, Sense of Community, and Life Satisfaction
Public	Internet users, Michigan, USA, 2014
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Parks (2009): study US Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2004
Title	Positive Psychotherapy: Building a Model of empirically supported Self-Help.
Public	Participants in a happiness training and controls, followed 1 year, Philadelphia, USA, 2004
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Parks (2009): study US Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2004 /1
Title	Positive Psychotherapy: Building a Model of empirically supported Self-Help.
Public	Participants in a happiness training, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2004
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Parks (2009): study US Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007
Title	Positive Psychotherapy: Building a Model of empirically supported Self-Help.
Public	Student participants in a happiness training, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007-08
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Schroevers et al. (2000): study NL 1990
Title	The Evaluation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Repression (CES-D) Scale: Depressed and Positive Affect in Cancer Patients and Healing Reference Subjects.
Public	Cancer patients and controls, followed 15 months, the Netherlands, 1990
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Schroevers et al. (2006): study NL 1998
Title	Adjustment to Cancer in the 8 Years following Diagnosis: A Longitudinal Study comparing Cancer Survivors with Healthy Individuals.
Public	Cancer patients and controls, the Netherlands, 8 years after diagnosis, 1998 -?
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Smucker Barnwell et al. (2006): study ZZ Anglo-America 2001
Title	Cannabis, Motivation, and Life Satisfaction in an Internet Sample.
Public	18+ aged, cannabis users and non-users, USA and Canada, 200?
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Soons (2006): study NL 1987
Title	Het Geluk van de Happy Single. (The Happiness of the Happy Single).
Public	Young adults, followed from age 18 to 26, The Netherlands, 1987-1999
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Tunney (2006): study GB 2001
Title	The Effects of Winning the Lottery on Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Mood.
Public	Lottery winners and matched controls, Great Britain, 200?
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Vitterso et al. (2002): study ZZ World samples 1995
Title	The Concept of Life Satisfaction Across Cultures: Exploring its Diverse Meaning and Relation to Economic Wealth.
Public	College students, 41 countries, 1995-96
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no