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

Thought processes

Our Classification

Operationalization

Wessman & Ricks Thought Processes Scale, scored each night for lowest, average and highest mood experienced that day during one month.

Observed Relation with Happiness