Our experience of happiness can change from hour to hour and varies across cultures and nations--but overall, do you know how happy you usually are? Try the Scientific American 11-item online quiz and see how you measure up to the average happiness score for people in your country. Some questions relate to the past 24 hours, others to the past year--this is only a very basic estimate so relax :)
How Happy Are YOU? Challenge rules
“5 2 8 8... So bit happier than most Irish, bit sadder too (strange one that)??? Feelings balance less average, but life satisfaction more.. very strange survey!!”
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Becky A Feelings Balance-10-You feel a great deal of positive feelings and very few negative feelings. Unless yesterday was very atypical for you, you are one of the happiest of people in terms of feelings. You are quite positive.
Life Satisfaction-8-Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
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Kai B Your life satisfaction is 6
You are somewhat satisfied with your life, but you experience dissatisfaction as well. The rewarding areas occur somewhat more frequently than the dissatisfying ones. Nonetheless, there are some important areas that you would like to see improve.
Dave W Did this yesterday and forgot to click "complete".
Your life satisfaction is 7
Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
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Ahmed H Feelings balance is 9 - Life satisfaction is 8
That feels good :D
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Dave W Your Life Satisfaction
Your life satisfaction is 7
Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
Matteo R You feel a lot of positive feelings most days. You are in general quite a happy person. You enjoy life and the activities of life. You enjoy other people and generally feel good about yourself and your daily activities. Quite true :D
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definitely yes!! :)
Katerina P encouraged this.
Awesome! :) I am happy about it ;)
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Katerina P You are in general quite a happy person. You enjoy life and the activities of life. You enjoy other people and generally feel good about yourself and your daily activities... Sounds like me :D
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Leigh L
Feelings Balance
Your feelings balance is 8
You are quite positive and only occasionally feel negative. You are generally quite a happy person.
Not bad :-)
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Ramses Amadeus B my result = 8
how hapy are you?
Joanna G
Your Results
Positive Feelings
You selected 4 positive feelings.
You feel a lot of positive feelings most days. You are in general quite a happy person. You enjoy life and the activities of life. You enjoy other people and generally feel good about yourself and your daily activities.
Negative Feelings
You selected 2 negative feelings.
You have quite a few negative feelings. Your life right now, including your interactions with others, makes you feel unpleasant.
Feelings Balance
Your feelings balance is 7
You are quite positive and only occasionally feel negative. You are generally quite a happy person.
Your Life Satisfaction
Your life satisfaction is 8
Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
Where Do You Fit In?
We can also use these numbers to tell how happy, on average, nations are (see chart and maps below). Although fewer items were used to compute the nation scores, they are generally parallel to the items on the test you just took. For positive feelings, Gallup researchers used only Enjoyment and Smiled/Laughed a lot to compute positive feelings. They included all of the negative feelings except boredom. So your score is not directly comparable to the average of people in your country. However, it can give you some idea of how your level of happiness compares to that of others around you, and around the world.
this made me chuckle -- very right on the money because i always feel like there's room for improvement but i'm pretty content lol
Carol Ann B Happy Happy Happy!!!
Claire Boo L I am apparently quite a happy person in general, which is cool. However on taking this challenge I thought of a quote I once read " Ask yourself if you are happy and you cease to be so", probably a very true statement..
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Francesca E I, too, am a generally happy person (allegedly).
Paul W I appear to be a generally happy person and maintain a positive outlook. =)
Cory W Guess I'm pretty happy? 5/1/9/8
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Eddie W Well what do you know....I'm a pretty happy feller. One of the happiest it would seem.
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Rick P You feel a lot of positive feelings most days. You are in general quite a happy person. You enjoy life and the activities of life. You enjoy other people and generally feel good about yourself and your daily activities
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Annmarie C Your life satisfaction is 6
You are somewhat satisfied with your life, but you experience dissatisfaction as well. The rewarding areas occur somewhat more frequently than the dissatisfying ones. Nonetheless, there are some important areas that you would like to see improve....CORRECT! :)
Rick P encouraged this.
William B Am a reasonably happy chappy.
Cindy L Positive Feelings
You selected 5 positive feelings.
You feel a lot of positive feelings most days. You are in general quite a happy person. You enjoy life and the activities of life. You enjoy other people and generally feel good about yourself and your daily activities.
Negative Feelings
You selected 2 negative feelings.
You have quite a few negative feelings. Your life right now, including your interactions with others, makes you feel unpleasant.
Feelings Balance
Your feelings balance is 8
You are quite positive and only occasionally feel negative. You are generally quite a happy person.
Your Life Satisfaction
Your life satisfaction is 7
Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
Angela R Positive Feelings. You selected 3 positive feelings. You have quite a few positive experiences each day. You are not the very highest in terms of being extremely positive, but on the whole you have a lot of positive feelings. // Negative Feelings. You selected 0 negative feelings. You have few negative feelings. You experience fewer negative thoughts and feelings than many people. // Feelings Balance. Your feelings balance is 8. You are quite positive and only occasionally feel negative. You are generally quite a happy person. // Your Life Satisfaction. Your life satisfaction is 7. Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
Thanks, Sonu. It sounded kind of nice to me :-)
Sonu K encouraged this.
yeah it is...btw how r u doing officer??
Not bad, Sonu. I've had some issues with my back, but a few more chiro appointments and ice, and I should be back to normal in a few more days. Busy at work as usual during the summer! How about you??
Laura H Quiz says I'm emotional. Yep. That's me.
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Fiona B According to the test I'm pretty happy and positive and balanced...daily happiness is a choice
Chris Rand S YOUR RESULTS
Positive Feelings
You selected 4 positive feelings.
You feel a lot of positive feelings most days. You are in general quite a happy person. You enjoy life and the activities of life. You enjoy other people and generally feel good about yourself and your daily activities.
Negative Feelings
You selected 1 negative feelings.
You have few negative feelings. You experience fewer negative thoughts and feelings than many people.
Feelings Balance
Your feelings balance is 8
You are quite positive and only occasionally feel negative. You are generally quite a happy person.
Your Life Satisfaction
Your life satisfaction is 7
Most domains of your life are satisfying to you. In some domains, you would like to see improvement, or one domain is dissatisfying. You are more satisfied than many people, but there are still areas that you want to improve.
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Why not ask for some advice from other Challenge takers, or read some of the Challenge guides first?
OK, I'll keep working at it!
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