Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973 /1
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/7
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 222
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Using highly structured questionnaires.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Overall happiness_A
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness measure type O-DT. O-DT asked thrice during the interview: at the beginning, in the middle and at the end
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
Summation: arithmetic mean
Observed Relation with Happiness
O-DT asked first : r=+.40
O-DT asked second: r=+.50
O-DT asked third : r=+.40