Happiness and hedonic balance.
18 catalogued instruments are currently grouped under this construct, across 4 domains: Emotional and social intelligence; Work: attitudes and wellbeing; Neuropsychology and cognitive screening; Wellbeing and positive psychology.
This grouping is editorial and provisional. It is derived from what each entry says it measures, it has not been reviewed instrument by instrument, and 195 catalogued instruments are not yet grouped under any construct. Treat the list as a starting point rather than a complete answer, and read each entry for what it actually covers.
- ECS - Emotional Contagion Scale
Emotional and social intelligence. 15 items. open with attribution.
- Workplace PERMA-Profiler
Work: attitudes and wellbeing. 23 (15 PERMA core x 3 + 8 filler/overall). open with attribution.
- FEEST / Ekman 60 - Facial Expressions of Emotion - Stimuli and Tests (Ekman 60 Faces / Emotion Hexagon)
Neuropsychology and cognitive screening. Ekman 60 Faces = 60 photographs (10 Ekman-Friesen POFA actors x 6 emotions); Emotion Hexagon = morphed-continuum forced-choice task. copyrighted - commercial.
- SHS - Subjective Happiness Scale
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 4 items. open with attribution.
- OHQ / OHI - Oxford Happiness Questionnaire / Oxford Happiness Inventory
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 29 (OHQ Likert form; 12 items reverse-coded). OHI = 29 multiple-choice item-sets.. copyrighted - author permission.
- HM / FHM - Fordyce Happiness Measures (Emotions Questionnaire)
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 2 components (1 rating item + 3 percentage estimates). public-domain / open.
- SHI - Steen Happiness Index
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 20 items. open with attribution.
- AHI - Authentic Happiness Inventory
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 24 items. open with attribution.
- OTH - Orientations to Happiness Scale
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 18 (6 per orientation). open with attribution.
- PERMA-Profiler
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 23 (15 core PERMA items, 3 per pillar, + 8 additional items). open with attribution.
- WEMWBS / SWEMWBS - Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 14 (WEMWBS); 7 (SWEMWBS). copyrighted - author permission.
- PHI - Pemberton Happiness Index
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 21 (11 remembered-well-being + 10 experienced-well-being items). open with attribution.
- EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 20 (4 per domain). open with attribution.
- ONS4 Personal Well-being Questions
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 4 items. public-domain / open.
- FI / SFI - Flourish Index and Secure Flourish Index
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 10 (Flourish Index) or 12 (Secure Flourish Index); 2 items per domain. open with attribution.
- PRLQ - Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 17 (a 12-item short version is also validated). open with attribution.
- AFM-2 - Affectometer 2
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 40 (20 sentence items and 20 adjective items); a 5-item short form exists. open with attribution.
- HEMA / HEMA-R - Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities
Wellbeing and positive psychology. 9 (HEMA: 5 hedonic + 4 eudaimonic); 10 (HEMA-R: 5 + 5). open with attribution.
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