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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
Happy life history
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed 6 months after entering college
Operationalization
Clinical rank on 'happy - unhappy life story', stressing auto-biographic re- ports and information for three years, concerning past life experiences up to the time of entering college.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-a r = +.48 p < .05 Hedonic level (Elation-Depression Scale: AFF 3.1) scored each night for the highest, lowest and average of the day.

Mean daily highest mood : r = +.42
Mean daily average mood : r = +.48
Mean daily lowest  mood : r = +.34