摘要：This study examined children's happy situations and their self-judgment of happiness level. Subjects were 831 children (7-13 years of age). Research findings were that : (1) There were three categories of happy situations : rewards,daily routine activities,non-daily activities/incidents. These categories were subcategorized into personal and relational experiences. Personal experiences gave them greater happiness than relational experiences. (2) The younger children felt happier through relational experiences than older children. (3) Sixty-two percent of the children reported they were happy most of the time. (4) Preschool children answered *T'm happy ”more than older children. Sixth grade children answered“T'm happy" least among the entire sample. (5) Academics crrelated positively with children' s judgment of happines level;free time correlated negatively with happiness.
关键词：situations of happiness;judgment of happiness Level
