Fordyce Happiness Measures (Emotions Questionnaire).
HM / FHM
Current happiness via two parts - (1) a single global 11-point happiness rating, and (2) the estimated percentage of time one feels happy / unhappy / neutral (the two summing to 100%).
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 2 components (1 rating item + 3 percentage estimates). 11-pt scale (0 extremely unhappy - 10 extremely happy) plus percentage-of-time estimates (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Used internationally and translated into several languages; long history since the late 1970s
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Fordyce, M. W. (1988). A review of research on the happiness measures: A sixty second index of happiness and mental health. Social Indicators Research, 20(4), 355-381.
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