Study Naess et al. (2004): study NO Nord-Trøndelag 1984
- Public:
- 20-90 aged, general public, Nord-Trondelag, Norway followed 1 year, 1985-1996
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 65599
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
Participants were invited for a medical screening and answered questionnaire 1 onsite and were given questionaire 2 when having the site. Questionaire 1 (1984) included questions on several diseases aand impairment, self- assessed health, and overall life satisfaction. Questionaire 2 (1995) The participant received a second questionaire with a prepaid, adressed envelope. Its contained a total of 42 questions covering several issues, including physicall and mental health and psychological well- being.
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Cheerfulness over time
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
Would you say you are usually cheerful or dejected?
1 extremely dejected
2 dejected
3 quite dejected
4 both dejected and cheerful
5 quite cheerful
6 very cheerful
7 extremely cheerful
Observed Relation with Happiness
Cheerfulness increased slightly