The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire

Instructions: Below are a number of statements about happiness. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each statement by entering a number alongside it according to the scale below.

1- Strogly disagree 2- Moderately disagree 3- Slightly disagree 4- Slightly agree 5- Moderately agree 6- Strongly agree

How Your Score is calculated: Your scores on the 12 questions marked with an (X) will be automatically "reversed scored" - meaning that, if you gave yourself a 1, it will be changed to a 6; if you gave yourself a 2, it will be changed to a 5; a 3 to a 4; a 4 to a 3; a 5 to a 2; and a 6 to a 1. Your happiness score is then calculated by totaling the score of the 29 questions and dividing by 29.

	Your happiness score is automatically calculated...
Score	Questions
	1. I don't feel particularly pleased with the way I am. (X)
	2. I am intensely interested in other people.
	3. I feel that life is very rewarding.
	4. I have very warm feelings toward almost everyone.
	5. I rarely wake up feeling rested. (X)
	6. I'm not particularly optimistic about the future. (X)
	7. I find most things amusing.
	8. I am always committed and involved.
	9. Life is good.
	10. I don't think that the world is a good place. (X)
	11. I laugh a lot.
	12. I am well satisfied with everything in my life.
	13. I don't think I look attractive. (X)
	14. There's a gap between what I would like to do and what I have done. (X)
	15. I am very happy.
	16. I find beauty in some things.
	17. I always have a cheerful effect on others.
	18. I can find time for everything I want to do.
	19. I feel that I'm not especially in control of my life. (X)
	20. I feel able to take anything on.
	21. I feel fully mentally alert.
	22. I often experience joy and elation.
	23. I don't find it easy to make decisions. (X)
	24. I don't have a particular sense of meaning and purpose in my life. (X)
	25. I feel I have a great deal of energy.
	26. I usually have a positive influence on events.
	27. I don't have fun with other people. (X)
	28. I don't feel particularly healthy. (X)
	29. I don't have particularly happy memories of the past. (X)
The avarage score is around:

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