Pappot & Phaff (2004): study NL 2004
Publication
- Author(s):
- Pappot, T.; Phaff, J.
- Title:
- Geluk onder Gedetineerden. (Happiness in Jail).
- Source:
- Research Paper University Amsterdam, Department of Psychology, 2004, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- Prisoners and controls, The Netherlands, 2004
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 42
- Non Response
- 40%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
1 general questionnaire, administered at start. Mood-questionnaires, filled out three times a day, during 10 consecutive days. Mood-questionaires were filled out at 7.30, 12.00 and 18.00 hours. Prisoners handed forms to their supervisors after each assesment. Controls handed all forms to the investigators at the end of the study..
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How happy do you feel IN GENERAL? Select the number which best describes your happiness. Very unhappy is -5 and very happy is 5
- 5 very unhappy
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5 very happy
Computation: recoded 0 to 10, where -5 is 0 and +5 is 10 - Classification:
- M-FH-g-sq-n-11-d
- Author's label:
- Geluk (happiness)
- Remarks:
- Original scale -5 to +5
- prisoners: M = 1.59, Mt = 6.59
- controls: M = 2.36, Mt = 7.36 - Page in publication:
- 2
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.12 712.00
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question, repeated 3 times a day during 10 days
How happy do you feel AT THIS MOMENT? Select the number which best describes your happiness. -5 is very unhappy, 0 is neutral, and 5 is very happy
- 5 very unhappy
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5 very happy
Computation: recoded 0 to 10, where -5 is 0 and +5 is 10 - Classification:
- A-ARE-m-sqr-n-11-a
- Author's label:
- Stemming (mood)
- Remarks:
- Original scale -5 to +5
- prisoners: M = 0.25, Mt = 5,25
- controls: M = 1.73, Mt = 6,73 - Page in publication:
- 2
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 0.87 587.00
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Living in a prison