Study Wessman & Ricks (1966): study US 1957

Public

Female college students, Radcliff USA, followed 6 weeks, 1957

Sample

Respondents

N = 21

Non Response

16%

Assessment

Diary
Mood diary kept 30 days.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Thought processes

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Repeated closed question on 'how readi- ly your ideas came and how valuable they seemed', rated on a 10-point scale:

10. I am a surging torrent of spectacu-
    lar insights.
9. Brilliant penetrating ideas emerg-
    ing spontaneously and with great
    rapidity.
8. Ideas coming quickly and effort-
    lessly.
7. Clever and keen
6. Quite alert. Thoughts fairly quick
    and clear.
5. Not particularly alert. My ideas
    trivial and commonplace.
4. My mind feels ponderous and dull.
    My thoughts are slow and monoto-
    nous.
3. My thoughts all seem weary, stale,
    flat and unprofitable.
2. My mind is stagnant. Almost nothing
    freshens it.
1. My mind is cold, dead. Nothing
    moves.

Scale scored each night for the highest, lowest and average experience of the day.
(Wessman & Ricks Thought Processes Scale)

Observed Relation with Happiness