| Selfreport on 2 questions: "Please tell me how often you have felt this way during the past week ...?" A I felt happy B I felt sad Answer options: 1 rarely or none of the time 2 some or a little of the time 3 occasionally or a moderate amount of time 4 most of the time Summation: average score on A and B Name: Brenner's `Happy/Sad Scale' | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, A-BBr | Affect: Balance (Brenner's index) |
| Time frame, cw | last week |
| Mode, mq | multiple questions |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 4 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Brenner (1975): study US Washington County, Maryland 1973 |
| Title | Quality of Affect and Self-Evaluated Happiness. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Washington County, Maryland, USA, 1973-1974 |