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Studies

Ahuvia & Wong (1995): study US 1994

Publication

Author(s):
Ahuvia, A.C.; Wong, N.Y.
Title:
Materialism: Origins and Implications for Personal Well-Being.
Source:
Proceedings 1995, European Conference for the Association of Consumer Research, Copenhagen, Denmark

Investigation

Public
University students, Michigan, USA, 1994
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 200
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:

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:
O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Materialism as a value