Holloway & Carson (1999): study GB 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Holloway, F.; Carson, J.
- Title:
- Subjective Quality of Life, Psychopathology, Satisfaction with Care and Insight: An Exploratory Study.
- Source:
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1999, Vol. 45, 259 - 267
Investigation
- Public
- Mental patients, UK, followed 3 years,1990-1993
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 70
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
Summation: arithmetic mean
Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version)
Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction' - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Global Subjective Qualiry of Life; GSQOL
- Page in publication:
- 261
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.73 -
- SD:
- 1.38 -
Correlational Findings
Feeling free (vs restrained)
Build environment
Attitudes to victimization
Satisfaction with intimate bonds
Satisfaction with personal contacts
Satisfaction with health
Scores on symptom inventories
Psychotic
Expert ratings of mental health
Scores on symptom inventories
Never married (vs formerly married: widowed + divorced+ separated)
Depressive (f31-33)
Psychotic (f99)
Expert ratings of current positive mental health
Satisfaction with treatment