Study Hill et al. (2018): study US 2013

Public

Middle aged, United States, followed 8 days 201?

Survey name

US-MIDUS

Sample

Respondents

N = 1949

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
and daily interviews by telephone during 8 days

Correlate

Authors's Label

Sense of purpose

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach alpha: .70

Remarks

Subscale of Ryf 1989 Wellbeing scale

Operationalization

Selfreport on 7 statements:
a: I live life one day at a time and don't really think about the future.
b: I have a sense of direction and purpose in life
c: I don’t have a good sense of what it is I’m trying to accomplish in life
d: My daily activities often seem trivial and unimportant to me
e: I enjoy making plans for the future and working to make them a reality
f: Some people wander aimlessly through life, but I am not one of them
g: I sometimes feel as if I've done all there is to do in life
Rated
1:
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7;

Observed Relation with Happiness