Oxford happiness questionnaire

Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) is more known of the scales of happiness. It was developed by Peter Hills and Micahel Argyle in The Oxford Happiness Project, School of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, and used by Jackie Kelm of Appreciative Living LLC (http://happiness-survey.com/survey/, 2010). It has been derived from Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI). OHI comprises 29 items, each involving the selection of one of the four options. The options for each item were different. OHQ uses the same items but single statement for each item which can be endorsed on a uniform six-point Likert scale. OHI/OHQ includes the following statements for measuring happiness:

• I don't feel particularly pleased with the way I am

• I feel that life is very rewarding

• I don't feel particularly pleased with

• 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 don't 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