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Correlational findings

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
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

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a r = +.71 One Week Test-Rtest Correlation(N=45)