Happiness Materials
This page contains links to several different handouts on happiness on my website.
NOTE: all the materials below are in Microsoft Word. To view them, you may need to select OPEN when prompted. They may take several seconds to appear on your screen after you open them.
| Homework assignment | This is an advance assignment to get you thinking about happiness and life satisfaction. It includes use of several of the other handouts listed below |
| Life satisfaction questionnaire | This is a paper and pencil test I developed that asks about several factors that various researchers have claimed are related to happiness. You are asked to respond to questions on a 5-point Likert scale, indicating for each item how important you think that factor is for your own personal happiness, and how satisfied you are with your life in that area. |
| Life satisfaction review | This one-page handout asks you to review the several of the other handouts below, and write brief narrative conclusions about your own happiness and life goals. |
Values survey on Personal Characteristics I Consider Important |
Titled This handout asks you to rate a set of personal characteristics in terms of how important you think they are – that is, how much you want to have these characteristics in your ideal self. |
| Values survey on What I Want Out of Life | This handout lists a set of things you might want out of life, and asks you to rate how important each one is to you. |
| Values survey on Life Priorities | Similar to above, with a slightly different and more expanded set of options. This handout contains most of the items on the survey on What I Want. |
| Happiness lecture | Outline of a class presentation and discussion on the topic of Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Quality of Life. The outline is somewhat incomplete, and some sections are still in process. However, it is being posted to the web to allow students to use and reflect on the parts that are completed. |
9/29/04