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

Earlier sense of fulfilment: Life Regard Index Fulfillment

Our Classification

Remarks

Therapies took about 22 weeks. 4 psychoterapists were involved Pre-treatment meaning of life measured using Lif Regard Index ((batista & Almond 1973) - Fullfilment subscale; seen life in meaningfull perspective - Framework subscale: sense of goal achievement

Related specification variables

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:
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Assessed at T1 before psycho-therapy

Observed Relation with Happiness