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

Correlate

Authors's label

Academic performancerelative to poten- tial abilities

Our Classification

Operationalization

Discrepancy between predicted rank list (PRL) before college entrance and ac- tual grade average for the four years.

Observed Relation with Happiness