Cameron (1975): study US 1970

Publication

Author(s):

Cameron, P.

Title:

Mood as an Indicant of Happiness: Age, Sex, Social Class and Situational Differences.

Source:

Journal of Gerontology, 1975, Vol. 30, 216 - 224

Investigation

Public

College students, Detroit, USA, 197?

Sample

Non-probability chunk sample

Respondents

N = 187

Non Response

?

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Mailed questionnaire and time sampling

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question, asked 21 times in a period of 10 weeks (experience sampling)

How would you characterize your mood or impulse of the last instant....?
3  happy
2  neutral
1  sad

Summation: average of 21 scores.

Classification:

A-ARE-cq-sqr-v-3-a

Author's label:

Affectivity

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Frequency of thinking about religion Concern about religion Religious proclivity Concern about religion Thinking about others Self-conscious Self-serving and other-serving orientation Egoistic Frequency of thinking about sex Concern about sex Time orientation Temporal orientation Mood A-ARE by A-ARE Thinking about something other than situation at hand Mental handicap Ego-Strength Scores on symptom inventories
Independent Neuroticism Scores on symptom inventories