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Correlational findings

Study Keyes (1998): study US Wisconsin 1994

Public
18+ aged, general public, Dane County, Wisconsin USA, 1994
Sample
Respondents
N = 373
Non Response
37%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social Contribution
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Metric Loading ranging from .86 to 1.2 validity coefficient ranging from .49 to .65 Alpha Reliability .75
Distribution
M = 30.3   SD = 5.2
Operationalization
Respondents indicated (dis)agreement with the following statements: You think/believe/feel
a) Your behavior has impact on others (+)
b) You have something valuable to give to the world (+)
c) Your daily activities do not produce anything worthwhile for your community (-)
d) You don't have time or energy to give anything to your community (-)
e) Your work provides an important product for society (+)
f) You have nothing important to contribute to society (-)
Items with (-) are reverse scored on scale ranging from 1.strongly 2.moderately 3.slightly disagree 4.slightly 5.moderately 6.strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-m-sq-v-4-a r = +.27 p < .01 O-SLu-h-sq-v-4-a r = +.20 p < .01