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

Happiness_B

Our Classification

Remarks

Happiness measure M-ACO

Operationalization

Composite clinical rank order of happi- ness by 6 staff psychologists, based on two years of experience with the sub- jects  

Assessed 6 months earlier.

Observed Relation with Happiness