Study Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973 /1

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/7

Sample

Respondents

N = 222

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Using highly structured questionnaires.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Overall happiness_E

Our Classification

Remarks

Happiness measuretype O-DT. O-DT asked thrice during the interview: at the beginning, in the middle and at the end

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question:
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

Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version)

Observed Relation with Happiness