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Correlational findings

Study Diener et al. (2012): study US 1991

Public
College students, USA, followed 7 weeks 1991-1992
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 222
Non Response
8
Assessment
Diary
Respondents completed end-of-the-day reports each evening for 52 days, in which they reported their satisfaction with the day, the frequency of specific emotions and interest that day, and the amount of physical pleasure they experienced that day.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Purpose in life
Our Classification
Error Estimates
cronbach alpha: 0.76
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on 3 questions:
A My personal existence is
   1 utterly meaningless; without purpose
    ;
    7 very purposefull and meaningfull
B  I regard my ability to find purpose or meaning in life as
    1 practically none
    ;
    7 very great
C  I have discovered
     1 no mission or purpose in life
     :
     7 clear-cut goals and satisfying purpose

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-DS-cd-sqr-?-7-a r = +.27 p < .001 M-DS-cd-sqr-?-7-a Beta = +.02 ns Beta controled for:
- affect balance
- interest in life

Similar among males and females