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

Variability in ela- tion vs depression, day to day

Our Classification

Operationalization

Standard deviation of lowest, average and highest mood reported each day during one month on the Wessman & Ricks Elation-Depression Scale.

Observed Relation with Happiness