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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c

Characteristics

Code:
A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c
Focus:
Affect: Balance (Bradburn's index) (A-BB)
Time frame:
last week (cw)
Mode:
multiple questions (mq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on 8 questions:

" In the past few weeks did you ever feel.....?"
A  Pleased about having accomplished something
B  Upset because someone criticized you
C  Proud because someone complimented you one something you had done
D That things are going your way
E So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair
F  Unhappy or depressed
G  Particularly interested in something
H  Lonely and remote from other people

Response options:
0  not at all
1  sometimes
2  often
3  very often

Scoring: a = 0..........d  = 3

Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A, C, D, G
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on B, E, F, H
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS

Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale (shortened variant)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Ormel (1980): study NL 1970 15-60 aged, general public, followed 12 month, The Netherlands, 1967-77 N = 296
Mean
= 22.900
Thurnher (1974): study US 1969 55+ aged, people in transition, United States, 196? N = 114