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Happiness Self-Assessment Guide

The document provides instructions for completing The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. The questionnaire contains 29 statements about happiness with which participants are asked to indicate their level of agreement on a 6-point scale. 12 of the statements are phrased negatively and require reverse scoring. Participants add up their scores, divide by 29, to calculate an overall happiness score. The questionnaire was developed by researchers at Oxford University to measure subjective well-being and life satisfaction.

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Happiness Self-Assessment Guide

The document provides instructions for completing The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. The questionnaire contains 29 statements about happiness with which participants are asked to indicate their level of agreement on a 6-point scale. 12 of the statements are phrased negatively and require reverse scoring. Participants add up their scores, divide by 29, to calculate an overall happiness score. The questionnaire was developed by researchers at Oxford University to measure subjective well-being and life satisfaction.

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The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire

Instructions

Below are a number of statements about happiness. Please indicate how much you
agree or disagree with 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 others negatively. Dont 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 for most of the time.

The R notation is related to how you do the maths at the end of the questions.
The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire

Question Score
1. I dont 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 dont 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 on others.
18. I can fit in (find time for) everything I want to.
19. I feel that I am not especially in control 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 dont find it easy to make decisions. R
24. I dont have a particular sense of meaning and purpose in my life. R
25. I feel I have a great deal of energy.
26. I usually have a good influence on events.
27. I dont have fun with other people. R
28. I dont feel particularly healthy. R
29. I dont have particularly happy memories of the past R
Calculate your score

Step 1.

Items marked (R) should be scored in reverse:

For example, if you gave yourself a 1, cross it out and change it to a 6.


Change 2 to a 5
Change 3 to a 4
Change 4 to a 3
Change 5 to a 2
Change 6 to a 1

Step 2.

Add the numbers for all 29 questions. (Use the converted numbers for the 12 items
that are reverse scored.)

Step 3.

Divide by 29. So your happiness score = the total (from step 2) divided by 29.

Your Happiness Score:

Reference:

Developed by Michael Argyle and Peter Hills at Oxford University.

http://www.meaningandhappiness.com/oxford-happiness-questionnaire/214

Or do the survey on line at http://happiness-survey.com/survey/

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