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Correlational findings

Study Gorman (1971): study US 1970

Public
Undergraduate students, Nassau Community College, USA, 1970
Sample
Respondents
N = 67
Non Response
4%, 3% refusal, 1% incomplete information
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Questionnaires administered in class and daily records kept at home during 28 days

Correlate

Authors's Label
Companionship vs being isolated
Our Classification
Operationalization
Wessman & Ricks Companionship vs Being Isolated Scale, scored each night for lowest, average and highest mood expe- rienced that day during one month.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-b r = + p < .01 The means of the lowest, average and highest daily scores were correlated with the mean average score on the Elation-Depression Scale.
Daily highest:  r = +.74 (01)
Daily average:  r = +.80 (01)
Daily lowest :  r = +.70 (01) C-BW-c-sq-l-11-b r = + p < .01 Analysis on the basis of the mean lowest, average and highest daily scores.

Daily highest:  r = +.38 (01)
Daily average:  r = +.36 (01)
Daily lowest :  r = +.31 (05)