General happiness scale pdf

Results indicated that the subjective happiness scale has high internal consistency, which. The difference on general and marital happiness has been moderate in size and fairly stable across years. This study examined the accuracy of measuring happiness by a single item do you feel happy in general. Subjective happiness scale shs subjective happiness scale. A pdf of the scale can be downloaded here to score the scale, reverse code the 4th item i. This scale is also often referred to as the general happiness scale. For each of the following statements andor questions, please circle the point on the scale that you feel. General happiness scale for each of the following statements andor questions, please circle the point on the scale that you feel is most appropriate in describing you.

In this way, happiness belongs to a wider class of subjective appraisals of. Stone department of psychiatry and behavioral science stony brook university who technical meeting, december 2012. Pdf wellbeing is gaining acceptance as an indicator of social and economic progress by many. Subjective wellbeing assessment for survey research arthur a. Measures respondentswereinvitedtocompleteandreturnaselfreportquestionnaireconstructedfrom theohi,theohq. A 4item scale designed to measure subjective happiness. The childrens happiness scale is based on childrens views and judgements.

A test of immunity against hedonism article pdf available in journal of happiness studies 174 june 2015 with 1,236 reads how we measure reads. The shs is a 4item scale of global subjective happiness. Children made 100 statements about feeling happy or unhappy. Subjective happiness scale also known as general happiness scale reference. For each of the following statements andor questions. You can take it through lyubomirskys website or download this pdf. This paper reports two questionnaire studies and a laboratory study testing the hypothesis that happy people perceive, interpret, and think about the same events. The subjective happiness scale the shs is a 4item scale of global. Happiness quotient hq the happiness quotient hq is a basic tool designed to help you understand how you feel about where you are at across the seven elements of your life. Pdf a global happiness scale for measuring wellbeing.

Two items ask respondents to characterize themselves. For each of the following statements andor questions, please circle the point on the scale that you feel is most appropriate in describing you. Subjective happiness scale shs by sonja lyubomirsky, ph. The subjective happiness scale the shs is a 4item scale of global subjective happiness. If you find some of the questions difficult, please give the answer that is true for you in general or for most of the time. Thus, the possible range of scores on the subjective happiness scale is from 1.