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 |