| Study | Ormel (1980): study NL 1970 |
| Title | Moeite met Leven of een Moeilijk Leven. (Difficulties with Living or a Difficult Life). |
| Source | Konstapel, 1980, Groningen, Netherlands |
| URL | http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub1980s/84c-ch3-fulln.pdf |
| Public | 15-60 aged, general public, followed 12 month, The Netherlands, 1967-77 |
| Sample | |
| Non-Response | 18% |
| Respondents N = | 296 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Complaints about physical health |
| Page in Source | 350 |
| Our classification | Number of health complaints, code H14ab02c |
| Operationalization | 9-item additive index of specified physical complaints, having occurred in the past 4 weeks and rated on a 4 point scale,1: none,...4: longer than 2 weeks: 1. headache 2. digestion problems 3. heartthrobbing 4. tightness of the chest 5. indigestion or being choked up 6. pain in the back 7. feeling tired 8. insomnia 9. dizziness Assessed at T2(1976) and T3(1977) |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c | r=-.37 p < .01 | T2 happiness by T2 complaints |
| A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c | r=-.35 p < .01 | T3 happiness by T2 complaints |
| A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c | r=-.29 p < .01 | T2 happiness by T3 complaints |
| A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c | r=-.40 p < .01 | T3 happiness by T3 complaints |
| Code | Full Text |
| A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c | Selfreport on 8 questions: " In the past few weeks did you ever feel.....?" A Pleased about having accomplished something B Upset because someone critized you C Proud because someone complimented you one something you had done D That things are going your way E So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair F Unhappy or depressed G Particularly interested in something H Lonely and remote from other people Response options: 0 not at all 1 sometimes 2 often 3 very often Scoring: a = 0..........d = 3 Summation: Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A, C, D, G Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on B, E, F, H Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale (shortened variant) |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| r | PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient') Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: r = 0 « no correlation , r = 1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and r = -1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values. |