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

Personality traits

Our Classification

Remarks

Total factor scores for the two forms (one taken in elation, the other in depression) were corre- lated with the mean daily average score on the Elation-Depression Scale). Only significant associations with the 16 factors were reported.

Operationalization

16 Personality Factor Test (16 PF test; see Cattell, 1950).

Observed Relation with Happiness