Study Bartels & Boomsma (2009): study NL 2005
- Public
- 12+aged, mono- and dizygotic twins and their non-twin sibblings, The Netherlands, 2005-2007
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 4052
- Non Response
- 43,9
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Subjective Happiness
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999)
- Distribution
- great mean = 23.1 (mean of means of all subsamples)
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 4 questions, f.e.:
- In general, I consider myself: 1 (not a very happy person) to 7 (a very happy person)
- Compared to most of my peers, I consider myself: 1 (less happy) to 7 (more happy)
- Some people are generally very happy. They enjoy life regardless of what is going on, getting the most out of everything. To what extent does this characterization describe you? 1 (not at all) to 7 (a great deal)
- Some people are generally not very happy. Although they are not depressed, they never seem as happy as they might be. To what extent does this characterization describe you? 1 (not at all) to 7 (a great deal)
Rated agreement on a 7-point likert scale