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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: C-ASG-u-mq-n-5-a

Characteristics

Code:
C-ASG-u-mq-n-5-a
Focus:
Contentment: Average Success in Goals (C-ASG)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
multiple questions (mq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on 22 questions:         

22 statement on major life aspirations in 4 content areas:
- self-acceptance; e.g. "You will be in charge of your life"
- affiliation: e.g." You will have good friends that you can count on"
- community feeling: e.g. 'You will work to make the world a better place"
- financial success: e.g. "You will have a job that pays well"

Each statement rated for likelihood of future attainment
1  very low
2
3
4
5  very high

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Minyard Frost & Frost (2000): study ZZ Various nation sets 1995 21-22 aged, college students Romania and USA, 199? N = 418
Mean
= 3.730
SD
= 0.590