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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
Affective complexity
Our Classification
Operationalization
Number of factors that independently explain a considerable proportion of the variation in mood change.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-a r = -.30 ns Six factors were used, that were extracted from the highest, average and lowest moods reported each day during 6 weeks on the 16 Personal Fee- ling Scales and 3 closed questions on physical health, menstruation and pressure of academic work.

See also under 'Types of Affect' (A 2.2).