Measure

Happiness measure, code: O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a

Selfreport on single question: How do you feel about your life as a whole.....? 7 delighted 6 pleased 5 mostly satisfied 4 mixed 3 mostly dissatisfied 2 unhappy 1 terrible Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (original version)

Classification
Focus, O-DT	Overall: Delighted vs Terrible life
Time frame, u	time unspecified
Mode, sq	1 question
Scale type, v	verbal scale Range = 7

Used in studies

Reference	Ackerman & Paolucci (1983): study US 1974
Title	Objective and Subjective Income Adequacy: Their Relationship to Perceived Life Quality Measures.
Public	18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Ackerman et al. (1989): study US 1986
Title	Farm Work and Family: Major Sources of Satisfaction for Farm Families.
Public	Dairy farm couples, Utah, USA,1986
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Ahuvia & Wong (1995): study US 1994
Title	Materialism: Origins and Implications for Personal Well-Being.
Public	University students, Michigan, USA, 1994
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1972 /3
Title	Social Indicators of Well-Being. Americans Perceptions of Life Quality.
Public	18+ aged, general public, United States, 1972
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1972 /4
Title	Social Indicators of Well-Being. Americans Perceptions of Life Quality.
Public	18+ aged, general public, United States, 1972
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973
Title	Social Indicators of Well-Being. Americans Perceptions of Life Quality.
Public	18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/3
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Andrews & Withey (1976): study US 1973 /1
Title	Social Indicators of Well-Being. Americans Perceptions of Life Quality.
Public	18+ aged, general public, USA, 1973/7
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Balatsky & Diener (1993): study RU 1990
Title	Subjective Well-Being among Russian Students.
Public	Students, Moscow and Glazov (Ural), Russia, 1990
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Cummins (2007): study PL 1995
Title	Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 17 Part A; The Report. The Wellebing of Australians: Work, Wealth and Happiness
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1991
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1991
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1992
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1992
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1993
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1993
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1994
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1994
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1996
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1996
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1997
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1997
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 2005
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2005
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 2007
Title	Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2007
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1991
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	18+ aged, general public, Poland, 1991
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1992
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1992
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1993
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1993
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1994
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1994
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1995
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1995
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1996
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1996
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 1997
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1997
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 2000
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2000
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Czapinski (2003): study PL 2003
Title	Individual Quality of Life.
Public	16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2003
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no

Reference	Diener et al. (1991): study US 1989
Title	Happiness is the Frequency, not Intensity, of Positive versus Negative Affect.
Public	Students , USA, 1989
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Diener et al. (1991): study US 1989 /1
Title	Happiness is the Frequency, not Intensity, of Positive versus Negative Affect.
Public	Students, USA, 1989
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Diener et al. (1991): study US 1989 /2
Title	Happiness is the Frequency, not Intensity, of Positive versus Negative Affect.
Public	Students, USA, 1989
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Forrester (1980): study US San Diego County, California 1980
Title	Factors Contributing to Life Satisfaction of Divorced Women.
Public	21-71 aged divorced women, San Diego, California, USA, 1980
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Goodhart (1985): study US 1983
Title	Some Psychological Effects Associated with Positive and Negative Thinking about Stressful Event Outcomes: Was Pollyanna Right?
Public	Students in stress, followed 8 weeks, Illinois, USA, 1983
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Herzog et al. (1982): study US 1971
Title	Subjective Well-Being among Different Age Groups.
Public	25-97 aged, general public, USA, 1971-1978
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Herzog et al. (1982): study US 1975
Title	Subjective Well-Being among Different Age Groups.
Public	50+ aged, general public, USA, 1975
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Hoopes & Lounsbury (1989): study US 1985
Title	An Investigation of Life Satisfaction Following a Vacation: A Domain Specific Approach.
Public	Working adults, USA, before and after vacation, 198?,
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Hunter et al. (2008): study ZZ 2003
Title	Culture, Country of Residence and Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison of South Asian Mid-Aged Women Living in the UK, UK Caucasian Women and Women living in Delhi, India.
Public	45-55 aged Indian women in menopause, Delhi, India and Birmigham, UK. 200?
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Kammann & Flett (1983a): study NZ 1980
Title	Sourcebook for Measuring Well-Being with Affectometer 2.
Public	18 + aged, general public, New Zealand, 198?
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Kammann & Flett (1983a): study NZ 1980 /3
Title	Sourcebook for Measuring Well-Being with Affectometer 2.
Public	18+ aged, general public, New Zealand, 198?
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Lee et al. (2002): study US 1997
Title	Developing a Subjective Measure of Consumers Well-Being.
Public	18+ aged, students, USA, 199?
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Leung & Zhang (2000): study HK 1998
Title	Modelling Life Satisfaction of Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong.
Public	Chinese adolescents, Hong-Kong, 1998
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Linn & McGranahan (1980): study US 1984
Title	Personal Disruptions, Social Integration, Subjective Well-Being and Predisposition towards the Use of Counseling Services.
Public	Physicians, California, USA, 1984
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Magnus & Diener (1991): study US 1986
Title	A Longitudinal Analysis of Personality, Life Events, and Subjective Well-Being.
Public	University students, USA, followed 4 years 1986-1990
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	McCrae & Costa (1991): study US Baltimore County, Maryland 1979
Title	Adding 'Liebe und Arbeit': The Full Five Factor Model and Well-Being.
Public	Single males and couples Baltimore USA, followed 7 years, 1979-86
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	McCrae (1986): study US Baltimore County, Maryland 1981
Title	Well-Being Scales do not Measure Social Desirability.
Public	Adults, general public, Baltimore, USA, 1981
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Roberts et al. (1983): study US 1983
Title	Relationship of Service Satisfaction to Life Satisfaction and Percieved Wellbeing.
Public	Patients health centers, United States, 1983
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Roberts et al. (1983): study US 1983 /1
Title	Relationship of Service Satisfaction to Life Satisfaction and Percieved Wellbeing.
Public	13+ aged, patients of urban public health center, USA, 1983
Findings	distributional: no, correlational: yes

Reference	Simpson et al. (1989): study GB 1987
Title	The chronically mentally ill in community facilities. A study of quality of life.
Public	Chronic mental patients, Manchester, Great Britain, 1987
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Sullivan et al. (1991): study US 1988
Title	Quality of Life of Seriously Mentally Ill Persons in Mississippi.
Public	Former inpatients of mental hospital, Mississipi, 1988
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	Tiedje et al. (1990): study US 1985
Title	Women with Multiple Roles: Role-Compatibility Perceptions, Satisfaction, and Mental Health.
Public	Married women with a preschool child, USA, 1985
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: yes

Reference	~Australian Values Study (1984): study AU 1983
Title	Australia and the Rest of the World: A Comparison.
Public	18+ aged, general public, Australia, 1983
Findings	distributional: yes, correlational: no