Study Brenner (1970): study US 1960
- Public
- Highschool pupils, New York State, USA, 1960
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 5204
- Non Response
- 1%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Usual mood
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness measure type M-AO
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
In general how would you say you feel most of the time? Would you say:
5 very good spirits
4 fairly good spirits
3 neither good spirits nor low spirits
2 fairly low spirits
1 very low spirits
Observed Relation with Happiness
- having fun in life, and frequency of low
mood : Gs = +.62
- having fun in life : Gs = +.68
- frequency of low mood : Gs = +.74
- tending to be a discouraged person: Gs = +.73
- tending to be a lonely person : Gs = +.72
- anxiety symptom : Gs = +.77
Unaffected by sex.