Study Hershfield et al. (2013): study US San Francisco, California 1994

Public

18+ aged, general public, San Francisco, California, United States, followed 10 years, 1994-2005

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 312

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
After demographic assesments respondents completes a questionnaire on physical health, happiness and cognitive ability. On an electronic pager participants completed the emotion response questionnaires each time they were paged, 5 times a day at random times. After completion of the week-long data collection they returned to the lab for a follow-up interview, after which they were debriefed and paid for their participation.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Negative health symptoms

Our Classification

Remarks

Respondents completed the CMI 3 times. Regression with full sample: n=312.

Distribution

Level: M = 6,63, SD = 4,64
Change: M =0,54, SD = 0,57

Operationalization

Cornell Medical Health Questionnaire (CMI) Respondents reported whether they suffered from 40 symptoms of age related illnesses on the following fields:
a: sensory (e.g. "Are you hard of hearing?")
b: cardiovascular (e.g. "Do you have pains in the heart or chest?")
c: muskeloskeletal (e.g. "Are your joints often swollen?")
c: genitorinary (e.g. "Do you sometimes lose control of your bladder?").

Observed Relation with Happiness