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Correlational findings

Study Goodhart (1985): study US 1983

Public
Students in stress, followed 8 weeks, Illinois, USA, 1983
Sample
Respondents
N = 173
Non Response
1.7% dropout
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire administered in class. T1: pretest, T2: post- test; after 8 weeks.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Happiness
Our Classification
Remarks
Happiness measure type O-DT Assessed at T1 and T2; T1: right after induction of salience of positive or negative thinking T2: 8 weeks later
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

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a rpc = +.55 p < .001 T1 happiness by T2 happiness controlled for T1 stress.