Study Pappot & Phaff (2004): study NL 2004

Public

Prisoners and controls, The Netherlands, 2004

Sample

Respondents

N = 42

Non Response

40%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
1 general questionnaire, administered at start. Mood-questionnaires, filled out three times a day, during 10 consecutive days. Mood-questionaires were filled out at 7.30, 12.00 and 18.00 hours. Prisoners handed forms to their supervisors after each assesment. Controls handed all forms to the investigators at the end of the study..

Correlate

Authors's Label

mood

Our Classification

Remarks

Happiness measure type A-ARE

Distribution

overall mean: 0.87

Operationalization

Sel report on single question:
How happy do you feel AT THIS MOMENT? Select the number which best describes your happiness
-5 very unhappy
-4
-3
-2
-1
0  neutral
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5 very happy.

Assessed three times a day during 10 consecutive days.

Observed Relation with Happiness