Assessing Your Subjective Happiness and Satisfaction with Life

Assessing subjective happiness and life satisfaction can help us reflect on our current levels of happiness and satisfaction with life. To fill out a self-assessment before continuing this growth path, please click here .

Scoring:

• The Subjective Happiness Scale is scored by adding the responses and dividing the total by 4 to get an average. Note that one item has a reverse-score. Scores range from 1.0 to 7.0 with higher scores reflecting greater happiness. Average scores range from 4.5 to 5.5. The average scores for college students is just below 5, while working adults and elderly participants have an average score of 5.6.
• The Satisfaction With Life Scale is scored by adding the scores of individual items. The scores can be used to make the following interpretations:

31-35: Extremely satisfied, 26-30: Satisfied, 21-25: Slightly satisfied, 20: Neutral, 15-19: Slightly dissatisfied, 10-14: Dissatisfied, 5-9: Extremely dissatisfied

Scale References:

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

Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The Satisfaction with Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 71-75.
 

Note: This step is optional, and the Questionnaires are only used for self-assessment purposes. You are welcome to use a pseudonym and can remain anonymous when using the above form.