Study Lönnqvist & Itkonen (2014): study FI 2012

Public

18+ aged, students, Finland

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 4701

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Perceived agreeableness of compatriots

Our Classification

Remarks

Items from the Nati0nal Character Test (Terraciano 2005)

Operationalization

Perception of agreeableness of fellow countrymen reported in 6 bi-polar items:
a 'Trusting, gullible, naïve' vs. 'Suspicious, skeptical, cynical'
b 'Craftly, sly, manipulitive' vs. 'Frank, sincere, straightforward'
c 'Generous, giving, considerate' vs. 'Selfish, stingy, greedy'
d 'Aggressive, competetive, stubborn' vs. Compliant, cooperative, docile'
e 'Modest, humble, self-effacing' vs. 'Arrogrant, conceited'
f 'Ruthless, hard-headed, unsentimental' vs. 'Sympathetic, humanitarian'
5-point ratings thwards one or the other end of the scale.

Observed Relation with Happiness