Oxford Happiness Questionnaire
Developed by psychologists Michael Argyle and Peter Hills, 2002.
- I don’t feel particularly pleased with the way I am. ® _____
- I am intensely interested in other people. _____
- I feel that life is very rewarding. _____
- I have very warm feelings towards almost everyone. _____
- I rarely wake up feeling rested. ® _____
- I am not particularly optimistic about the future. ® _____
- I find most things amusing. _____
- I am always committed and involved. _____
- Life is good. _____
- I do not think that the world is a good place. ® _____
- I laugh a lot. _____
- I am well satisfied about everything in my life. _____
- I don’t think I look attractive. ® _____
- There is a gap between what I would like to do and what I have done. ® _____
- I am very happy. _____
- I find beauty in some things. _____
- I always have a cheerful effect on others. _____
- I can fit in (find time for) everything I want to. _____
- I feel that I am not especially in control of my life. ® _____
- I feel able to take anything on. _____
- I feel fully mentally alert. _____
- I often experience joy and elation. _____
- I don’t find it easy to make decisions. ® _____
- I don’t have a particular sense of meaning and purpose in my life. ® _____
- I feel I have a great deal of energy. _____
- I usually have a good influence on events. _____
- I don’t have fun with other people. ® _____
- I don’t feel particularly healthy. ® _____
- I don’t have particularly happy memories of the past. ® _____
1 = strongly disagree
2 = moderately disagree
3 = slightly disagree
4 = slightly agree
5 = moderately agree
6 = strongly agree
Those marked R are reverse scored- get the total score and divide by 29.
A simple interpretation of my raw score would be that I’m feeling neither particularly happy or unhappy. Unfortunately the questionnaire fails to capture my mild annoyance of having to complete 29 questions and calculate a score that essentially tells me something I already know.
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