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Correlational findings

Study Hermans & Tak-VandeVen (1973): study NL 1971

Public
Secondary school pupils, The Netherlands, 197?
Sample
Respondents
N = 291
Non Response
2%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Correlate

Authors's Label
Negative inner well-being
Our Classification
Operationalization
19-item index of closed questions on feelings of worthlessness, inferiority, powerlessness, anxiety, inner empti- ness, loneliness, guilt, boredom and jealousy, degree of depressiveness, unhappiness, self-alienation, worries, self-dislike and lack of confidence, and perceived distance between oneself and others (selected items from the Inner Well-Being questionnaire).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-TH-g-sq-v-4-b r = -.36 M-TH-g-sq-v-3-d r = -.60