Study Ludwig (1971): study US 1966

Public

Female students, undergraduates, University of Wisconsin, USA, 196?

Sample

Respondents

N = 72

Non Response

81%; 61% refusal, 5% eliminated on basis of screening data, 15% miscellaneous re

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Structured questionnaires, tests; and interview.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Elated mood during experiment

Our Classification

Remarks

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Two indicators were used to measure mood. Ss answered these questions at the end of an experimental situation in which their self-esteem was experimentally altered. This was done by means of a false personality report dealing with the subject's creativity, maturity and other things.
  
1. 5-item elation cluster from the
   Nowlis-Green Mood Adjective Check-
   list, containing adjectives scored
   for 'how do you feel at the moment'
   (see Nowlis, 1965).


2. 4-item index of closed questions on
   mood right now, the best you felt
   today, the worst you felt today, and
   the way you usually feel: scored on
   the Wessman & Ricks Elation vs
   Depression Scale (see excerpt WESSM
   1960, II).

Observed Relation with Happiness