Study Lewis et al. (2001): study GB 1999
- Public
- University Students, Northern Ireland, 1999
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 52
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- MUNSH total scale
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Item 19:Present Location= 2; Other location= 0. Item 23: Satisfied= 2; Not Satisfied= 0
- Distribution
- Range: 0-58, M = 32,85, SD = 10,71
- Operationalization
- Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH):
In the past months have you been feeling:
1.On top of the world?(PA)
2.In high spirits?(PA)
3.Particulary content with your life?(PA)
4.Lucky?(PA)
5.Bored?(NA)
6.Very lonely or remote from other
people?(NA)
7.Depressed or very unhappy?(NA)
8.Flustered because you didn't know
what was expected of you?(NA)
9.Bitter about the way your life turned out?(NA)
10.Generally satisfied with the way your life has turned out?(PA)
The next 14 questions have to do with more general life experience.
11.This is the dreariest time of my life. (NE)
12.I am just as happy as when I was younger.(PE)
13.Most of the things I do are boring or monotonous. (NE)
14.The things I do are as interesting to me as they ever were.(PE)
15.As I look back on my life, I am fairly well satisfied.(PE)
16.Things are getting worse as I get older.(NE)
17.How much do you feel lonely?(NE)
18.Little things bother me more this year.(NE)
19.If you could live where you wanted, where would you live?(PE)
20.I sometimes feel that life isn't worth living.(NE)
21.Iam as happy now as I was when I was younger.(PE)
22.Life is hard for me most of the time.(NE)
23.How satisfied are you with your life today?(PE)
24.My health is the same or better than most people's my age.(PE)
PA= positive affects
NA= negative affects
PE= general positive experiences
NE= general negative experiences
Scoring:Yes= 2; Don't know= 1; No= 0.
MUNSH Total= PA- NA+ PE- NE