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Studies

Dysinger (1938): study US 1936

Publication

Author(s):
Dysinger, D.W.
Title:
The Fluctuations of Mood.
Source:
Psychological Records, 1938, Vol. 2, 115 - 123

Investigation

Public
University students, psychology undergraduates, USA, 193?
Sample
Respondents
N = 24
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Lowly structured

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question, repeated 3 times a day during 5 weeks (experience sampling).

"Consider the extreme of depression to be the most depressed state that you have ever experienced, and the extreme of cheerfulness to be the most cheerful state that you have ever experienced. Draw a line across the base line of the scale at a point which indicates your present mood in relation to these extremes."

depressed  -------------------------------------------- cheerful (total: 86 mm)

Scoring: The recorded judgments were read in centimeters, using the midpoint of each line as the point of reference. Judgments of cheerfulness were considered plus, those of depression minus.

Summation: average
Classification:
A-ARE-mp-sqr-ol-7-b
Author's label:
Mood.

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Physical condition Global health self-rating