Study Cameron (1975): study US 1970
- Public
- College students, Detroit, USA, 197?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 187
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Mailed questionnaire and time sampling
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Frequency of thinking about sex
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Time sampling, the questions asked 21 times during 10 weeks: "Were you thinking about sex?", and "If you were thinking about a person, was he your or the opposite sex?"
Observed Relation with Happiness
Thinking about person of opposite sex:
Happy mood: r=+.49 (001) Neutral mood: r=-.31 (001)
Unhappy mood: r=+.04 ns
Happiness assessed by time sampling. Correlations concern frequency of report of happy, neutral or sad mood.