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Introduction
Why Is Wellbeing Important in Schools?
What is Wellbeing?
Considerations: How Does Wellbeing Function in Life
A Measure Suited for Your School
Ethical Considerations
Necessary Permission
Implementation
Application of Data
Measures of Child Wellbeing
Gratitude Measures
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS)
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C)
EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-being
Six Seconds Youth Version (SEI-YV)
Measures of Child Wellbeing at School
Children’s Hope Scale
Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS)
Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS)
The Stirling Children's Well-being Scale (SCWBS)
Me and My Feelings (M&MF)
Me and My School Questionnaire (M&MS)
Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (SSWQ)
The Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) (Adapted)
Social Emotional Health Survey-Primary (SEHS-P)
The School Attitude Questionnaire
The PedsQL Measurement Model
Social Emotional Health Survey-Secondary (SEHS-S)
The Student Resilience Survey (SRS)
Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
Flourishing at School Survey (FAS)
Measures of Adult Wellbeing
Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)
The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWL)
Contentment with Life Assessment Scale (CLAS)
Flourishing Scale (FS)
The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ)
Comprehensive and Brief Inventory of Thriving (CIT & BIT)
Mental Health Continuum Short and Long Form (MHC-SF)
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
The PERMA Profiler
Measures of Adult Wellbeing at Work
Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ)
Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS)
The Workplace PERMA-Profiler
Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS)
The Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Questionnaire
The PERMAH Workplace Survey
Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ)
Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educator's Survey (MBI-ES)
Measures of Cultural Wellbeing
School Culture Triage Survey
My Class Inventory-Short Form (MCI-SF)
School-Level Environment Questionnaires (SLEQ)
The Omnibus T-Scale
My Class Inventory-Short Form for Teachers (TMCI-SF)
Individualised Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ)
ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLES)
Student Engagement Instrument (SEI)
Classroom Environment Scale
Other Resources

Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)

This measure is for adultsThis is a free measure

The SHS, which assesses self-perceptions of happiness, had its reliability and validity proven in 14 studies of adults, college students, and high school students (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999, p. 137). This measure is based on the theoretical Happiness Pie Equation that attributes half of your potential happiness to your genes, ten percents to your life circumstances, and forty percent to your choices (Lyubomirsky, 2018).   It consists of four self-report questions.This theoretical equation for wellbeing has come under recent criticism for its research sources and its accuracy in allocating only 10% of happiness to result from life circumstances. Current research shows the percentage may be higher and may vary greatly depending on the individual. Similarly, this model has been criticized for being overly simplified (McQuaid, Brown, & Rohrer, 2018). However, how this criticism impacts the survey is still unknown.

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Statement that only 10% of happiness is related to life circumstances is under review *

Suggestion for Further Research

Brown, N. J. L., & Rohrer, J. M. (2018). Re-slicing the “happiness pie”: A re-examination of the determinants of well-being. https://edtechbooks.org/-BZS 

Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46, 137-155. 

*McQuaid, M. (host). (n.d.).Do we have the equation for happiness wrong? Podcast with Nick Brown [audio podcast episode].  In Making Positive Psychology Work. https://edtechbooks.org/-dcs 

Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS). https://edtechbooks.org/-QgR 

Lyubomirsky., S. (2018). Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS). https://edtechbooks.org/-iiG 

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