Study Debats (1996a): study NL 1991

Public

18-42 aged mental patients,before and after psychotherapy, Netherlands, 199?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 114

Non Response

21%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Sense of fulfilment: Life Regard Index Fulfillment

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach alpha .87

Remarks

The author randomized the order of the 14 items to avoid possible effects of mood induction due to the subsequent presentation of the positive or negative items separately

Operationalization

Selfreport on 14 questions:
a. I have real passion in my life.
b. I really feel good about my life.
c. Living is deeply fulfilling.
d. I feel that I am living fully.
e. I feel that I'm really going to attain what I want in life.
f. I get so excited by what I'm doing that I find new stores of energy I didn't know that I had.
g. When I look at my life I feel the satisfaction of really having worked to accomplish something.
h. I don't seem to be able to accomplish those things that are really important to me.
i. Other people seem to feel better about their lives than I do.
j. I have a lot of potential that I don't normally use.
k. I spend most of my time doing things that really aren't very important to me.
l. Something seems to stop me from doing what I really want to do.
m. Nothing very outstanding ever seems to happen to me.
n: I don't really-value what I'm doing.
Rated:
1:
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3:

Observed Relation with Happiness