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Correlational findings

Study Tiedje et al. (1990): study US 1985

Public
Married women with a preschool child, USA, 1985
Sample
Respondents
N = 158
Non Response
22%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
2 hours at home or workplace

Correlate

Authors's Label
Depression
Our Classification
Error Estimates
alpha =.85
Remarks
Depression subscale of the SCL-90-R(Symptom Checklist 90 Revised). The SCL-90-R is a tool to assess symptoms of psychopathology. The person reports the level of distress he experienced in the past week from a list of 90 descriptions of physical and mental complaints.
Distribution
N = 148 M = 1,93 (with correction for SCL raw scores .93) SD = .52, range 1-3,92
Operationalization
Self report on 13 questions about feelings in the past week such as loss of energy, crying easily, feeling lonely, feeling blue, feeling no  interest in things, and feeling  everything was an effort.
Range 1-5. Lower numbers reflect less depression.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a r = -.40 p < .01