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Studies

Abbey et al. (1994): study US Chicago 1980

Publication

Author(s):
Abbey, A.; Andrews, F.M.; Halman, L.J.
Title:
Psychosocial Predictors of Life Quality: How are They Effected by Infertility, Gender and Parenthood?
Source:
Journal of Family Issues, 1994, Vol. 15, 253 - 271

Investigation

Public
Law school students, Chicago, USA, 198?
Survey name
Not a survey study
Sample
Non-probability accidental sample
Respondents
N = 85
Non Response
?
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Generally, how happy are you.....?
1  not at all
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9  completely

(Originally presented on a horizontal line scale)
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-n-9-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Full text:
Self report on single question:

"How is your mood these days....?"
1  not good almost all the time
2  not good most of the time
3  sometimes good, sometimes not good
4  good most of the time
5  good almost all the time (or all the time)
Classification:
A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-a
Full text:
Self report on single question:

"On the whole, how is your general mood these days....?"
1  bad almost all the time
2  
3
4
5  good almost all the time"
Classification:
A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-d
Full text:
Self report on single question:

How depressed or cheerful have you been during the past month......?
0  very depressed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  very cheerful

Item in Dupuy's 'General Wellbeing Schedule'
Classification:
A-AOL-cm-sq-n-11-a

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Self perceived difficulty of the job search process