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

Psycho-social development

Our Classification

Operationalization

Analysis of individual items from a 60- item Q sort, filled out both in very elated and in very depressed moods for both self-concept ('an accurate picture of yourself as you honestly feel and be- lieve you are') and ideal-concept ('the picture of the sort of person you have hoped to become or fancied yourself to be').

Observed Relation with Happiness