Abdel-Khalek (2004): study KW 2002
Publication
- Author(s):
- Abdel-Khalek, A.M.
- Title:
- Happiness among Kuwaiti College Students.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2004, Vol. 5, 93 - 97
Investigation
- Public
- College students in Kuwait, 2002
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 140
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
"Generally speaking, how (much) do you feel happy? What score do you give if we put ten for 'extremely happy, zero for extremely unhappy' and five for neither happy nor unhappy'?"
10 extremely happy
9
8
7
6
5 neither happy nor unhappy
4
3
2
1
0 extremely unhappy - Classification:
- M-FH-g-sq-n-11-a
- Author's label:
- Self-report of happines
- Remarks:
- Instruction to imagine global estimation and general
feelings (not their present states) and to know that 0 is the minimum and 10 is the maximum score.
The mean of the mean Mm (comparable to other scales) is 0,58 and the mean of the standard deviation (Msd) is 0,19. - Page in publication:
- 93
- Error estimates:
- Reliability of retest after one week: r = +.86
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.41 6.41
- SD:
- 2.06 2.06