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
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Multiple assesment methods
Questionnaires administered in class and daily records kept at home during 28 days
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Tranquility vs anxiety
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Wessman & RIcks Tranquility vs Anxiety Scale, scored each night for lowest, average and highest mood experienced that day during one month.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Daily highest: r = +.75 (01)
Daily average: r = +.86 (01)
Daily lowest : r = +.69 (01)
Daily highest: r = +.30 (05)
Daily average: r = +.30 (05)
Daily lowest : r = +.25 (05)