Study Brenner (1975a): study US Washington County, Maryland 1973
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Washington County, Maryland, USA, 1973-1974
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 916
- Non Response
- 25%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Quality of affect _B
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness measure type A-AB
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 2 questions:
A. "How often do you feel that things were going your way? Would you say.......?"
4 fairly often
3 occasionally
2 rarely
1 never
B. "How often do you feel downcast or dejected? Would you say....."
1 very often
2 fairly often
3 occasionally
4 rarely
5 never
Summation: Average A + B
Name: Brenner's 'Going-Your-Way / Depressed-on-Unhappy Scale'