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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-Sum-se-fi-?-5-a
Focus:
Overall: Summed overall appraisals (O-Sum)
Time frame:
since event (se)
Mode:
focussed interview (fi)
Scale Type:
scale not reported (?)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report in focused interview:

Interviews on life after divorce, in which happiness and life-satisfaction were items. Content analysis of taped records by two raters. Rated instructions not reported

Ratings made on a 5 steps scale. (Rating scale not reported)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Hetherington et al. (1976): study US 1974 Parents, followed 3 years, USA, 197?-7? N = 96