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Correlational findings

Study Wessman & Ricks (1966): study US 1957 /1

Public
Male college students, followed 3 years, Harvard University, USA, 1957-60
Sample
Respondents
N = 17
Non Response
37%: 9 dropouts, incomplete; about the same happiness distribution.
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Mood diary kept 30 days and repeated interviews and tests during three years.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Eccentric test- attitude
Our Classification
Operationalization
MMPI Invalidity Scale (see Gough, 1953)
supposedly indicative of gross eccen- tricity, carelessness in responding, or
lack of personal restraint.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-a r = -.64 p < .05 Inspection of the individual items suggests that low scores would be indicative of well-adjusted conventionality and high scores of eccentric de- viance with bizarre and unpleasant admission.