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Correlational findings

Study Keyes (1998): study US Wisconsin 1994

Public
18+ aged, general public, Dane County, Wisconsin USA, 1994
Sample
Respondents
N = 373
Non Response
37%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social Acceptance
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Metric Loading ranging from 0.62 to 1.1 Validity Coefficient ranging from 0.51 to 0.68 Alpha Reliability 0.77
Distribution
M = 28.3   SD = 6.4
Operationalization
Respondents indicated (dis)agreement with the following statements: You think/believe/feel
a) Other people are unreliable (-)
b) People are kind (+)
c) People are selfcentered (-)
d) People are not trustworthy (-)
e) People only live for themselves (-)
f) People are more and more dishonest (-)
g) People care about each-other's problems (+)
Items with (-) are reverse scored on scale ranging from 1.strongly  2.moderately 3.slightly disagree 4.slightly 5.moderately 6.strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-m-sq-v-4-a r = +.21 p < .01 O-SLu-h-sq-v-4-a r = +.14 p < .01