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Correlational findings

Study Brook et al. (1979): study US Dakota County, Minnesota 1972

Public
Heads of households, Dayton , USA, 1972-1979
Sample
Respondents
N = 3441
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Depression
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Internal-Consistency=.84
Distribution
Range 3-18, M=5.64, SD=4.67
Operationalization
Self-report on 3 questions:
During the past month...
a. Did you feel depressed?
b. Have you felt so sad, discouraged, hopeless, or had so many problems that you wondered if anything was worthwhile?
c. Have you felt downhearted and blue?

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a r = -.44 p < .01