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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-DT-cm-sq-n-7-a

Characteristics

Code:
O-DT-cm-sq-n-7-a
Focus:
Overall: Delighted vs Terrible life (O-DT)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

How did you feel about your life-as-a-whole during the past few weeks?
-3  terrible
-2  
-1  
  0
+1
+2
+3  delighted


Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (modified version)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Froh et al. (2008): study US 2006 12-17 aged participants in a gratitude exercise and controls, USA 2006 N = 221