Study Wessman & Ricks (1966): study US 1957 /1

Public

Male college students, followed 3 years, Harvard University, USA, 1957-60

Sample

Respondents

N = 17

Non Response

37%: 9 dropouts, incomplete; about the same happiness distribution.

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Mood diary kept 30 days and repeated interviews and tests during three years.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Social respect (vs social contempt)

Our Classification

Operationalization

Repeated closed question on 'how you felt other people regarded you, or felt about you, today', rated on a 10-point scale:

10. Excite the admiration and awe of
    everyone who matters.
9. Stand extremely high in the estima-
    tion of people whose opinions count
    with me.
8. People I admire recognize and res-
    pect my good points.
7. Confident that some people think
    well of me.
6. Feel I am appreciated and respect-
    ed to some degree.
5. Some people don't seem to see much
    value in me.
4. I am looked upon as being of small
    or of no account.
3. People have no respect for me at
    all.
2. I am scorned, slighted, pushed a-
    side.
1. Everyone despises me and holds me
    in contempt.

Scale scored each night  for the highest, lowest and average experience of the day.
(Wessman & Ricks Social Respect vs Social Contempt Scale).

Observed Relation with Happiness