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. 2014 Sep 8;5:976. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00976

Table 2.

Happiness measures included in meta-analysis.

Measure Citation Sample number
Affect-adjective scale Diener and Emmons, 1985 1, 2b
Calm, contentment, and peacefulness—single item Nisbet, 2013a,b 11, 12
Current mood scale from the multidimensional comfort questionnaire Steyer et al., 1997 3.1
Emotional well-being Keyes, 2005 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
Happy—single item Ajzen and Driver, 1992 17.4
Nature positive affects Nisbet, 2011 9, 10, 21.1a, 21.1b, 21.2
Percent happy Fordyce, 1988 9
Positive and negative affect schedule Watson et al., 1988 8, 9, 10, 13, 14.1, 14.2, 15, 19, 21.1a, 21.1b, 21.2
Satisfaction with life scale Diener et al., 1985 1, 2a, 2b, 3.2, 6, 7.4, 9, 13, 14.1, 14.2, 16, 18.1, 19, 21.1a, 21.1b, 21.2
Scale of positive and negative experience Diener et al., 2010 20.1, 20.2
Steen happiness index Seligman et al., 2005 5.1, 5.2
Subjective happiness scale Lyubomirsky and Lepper, 1999 9, 13, 18.1, 21.1a, 21.1b, 21.2
Subjective vitality scale Ryan and Frederick, 1997 8, 9, 10, 13, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1a, 21.1b, 21.2
Vital, energetic, and enthusiastic—single item Nisbet, 2013a,b 11, 12
Vitality scale from the short form (36) health survey Bullinger and Kirchberger, 1989 3.5, 15

See Table 3 for studies associated with each sample number.