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

Normal introversion

Our Classification

Operationalization

Fusion factor indicative of social withdrawal or disturbed introversion (with shy, seclusive, submissive, guil- ty, depressed, masochistic personali- ties) vs social participation or normal extraversion (with poised, sociable,
dominant, confident and spontaneous personalities).
(Fusion Factor A fromt he MMPI Scales: see Kassebaum et al., 1959).

Observed Relation with Happiness