Study Lehman (1988): study US 1981
- Public
- Chronic mental patients, USA,1981
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 469
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- General Life Satisfaction
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Inter-item correlation between response to this question at the beginning and at the end of the interview r=+.74 Los Angeles r=+.79 Rochester
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?"
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
Summation: arthmetic mean