Happiness Questionnaires - Subjective Happiness Scale (aka General Happiness Scale) Lyubomirsky, S. - Studeersnel (2024)

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Happiness Questionnaires

If you want to learn more about other happiness questionnaires, see: pursuit-of-happiness/science-of-happiness/measuring-happiness/.

Subjective Happiness Scale (aka General Happiness Scale)

Lyubomirsky, S. & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46, 137-155.

Instructions:For each of the following statements and/or questions, please circle the point on the scale that youfeel is most appropriate in describing you.

Items:

1. In general, I consider myself:not a very happy person 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a very happy person

2. Compared to most of my peers, I consider myself: less happy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 more happy

3. Some people are generally very happy. They enjoy life regardless of what is going on, getting themost out of everything. To what extent does this characterization describe you? not at all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a great deal

4. Some people are generally not very happy. Although they are not depressed, they never seem ashappy as they might be. To what extend does this characterization describe you? not at all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a great deal

Scoring:Sum the scores for each item together. Keep scores continuous.

Oxford Happiness Questionnaire

Hills, P., & Argyle, M. (2002). The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire: A compact scale for the measurement of psychological well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 1073– 1082.

Instructions:Below are a number of statements about happiness. Please indicate how much you agree or disagreewith each by entering a number in the blank after each statement, according to the following scale:  1 = strongly disagree  2 = moderately disagree  3 = slightly disagree  4 = slightly agree  5 = moderately agree  6 = strongly agree

Please read the statements carefully, some of the questions are phrased positively and othersnegatively. Don’t take too long over individual questions; there are no “right” or “wrong” answers(and no trick questions). The first answer that comes into your head is probably the right one for you.If you find some of the questions difficult, please give the answer that is true for you in general or formost of the time.

Items: 1. I don’t feel particularly pleased with the way I am. ( R) 2. I am intensely interested in other people. 3. I feel that life is very rewarding. 4. I have very warm feelings towards almost everyone. 5. I rarely wake up feeling rested. (R) 6. I am not particularly optimistic about the future. (R) 7. I find most things amusing. 8. I am always committed and involved. 9. Life is good. 10. I do not think that the world is a good place. (R) 11. I laugh a lot. 12. I am well satisfied about everything in my life. 13. I don’t think I look attractive. (R) 14. There is a gap between what I would like to do and what I have done. (R) 15. I am very happy.

16. I find beauty in some things.
17. I always have a cheerful effect onothers.
18. I can fit in (find time for) everything Iwant to.
19. I feel that I am not especially incontrol of my life. (R)
20. I feel able to take anything on.
21. I feel fully mentally alert.
22. I often experience joy and elation.
23. I don’t find it easy to make decisions.(R)
24. I don’t have a particular sense ofmeaning and purpose in my life. (R)
25. I feel I have a great deal of energy.
26. I usually have a good influence onevents.
27. I don’t have fun with other people. (R)
28. I don’t feel particularly healthy. (R)
29. I don’t have particularly happymemories of the past. (R)

PANAS

Watson, D., Clark, L. A., Tellegen, A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1063- 1070.

Instructions:This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each itemand then mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extent youGENERALLY feel this way, that is how you feel ON AVERAGE.

Use the following scale to record your answers.  Very slightly or not at all  A little  Moderately  Quite a bit  Extremely

Items: 1. Interested 2. Distressed 3. Excited 4. Upset 5. Strong 6. Guilty 7. Scared 8. Hostile 9. Enthusiastic 10. Proud

11. Irritable
12. Alert
13. Ashamed
14. Inspired
15. Nervous
16. Determined
17. Attentive
18. Jittery
19. Active
20. Afraid

Scoring:For all items, the following scores apply:  Very slightly or not at all 1  A little 2  Moderately 3  Quite a bit 4  Extremely 5

The total score is calculated by finding the sum of the 10 positive items, and then the 10 negativeitems. Scores range from 10 – 50 for both sets of items. For the total positive score, a higher scoreindicates more of a positive affect. For the total negative score, a lower score indicates less of anegative affect.