Balkin (1968): study US 1964
Publication
- Author(s):
- Balkin, J.L.
- Title:
- Once More, with Feeling: Psychotherapy Revisited.
- Source:
- Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Colombia, 1968, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 40-50 aged, female therapy clients, followed 4 weeks, USA 196?
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 100
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Diary
Feelings over a period of four weeks were asessed with the Personal Feeling Scales of Wessman and Ricks.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question, repeated every evening before retiring during 3 weeks (experience sampling).
"On the average, how happy or unhappy did you feel today....?"
1 Extremely unhappy. Utterly depressed. Completely down.
2 Very unhappy. Depressed. Spirits very low.
3 Pretty unhappy. Somewhat 'blue'. Spirits down.
4 Mildly unhappy. Just a little low.
5 Barely unhappy. Just this side of neutral.
6 Barely happy. Just this side of neutral.
7 Mildly happy. Feeling fairly good and somewhat cheerful.
8 Pretty happy. Spirits high. Feeling good.
9 Very happy. Feeling really good. Elated.
10 Extremely happy. Feeling ecstatic, joyous, fantastic.
Name: Wessman & Ricks' `Elation - Depression Scale" (adapted version) - Classification:
- A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-a
- Author's label:
- Elation vs. depression
- Page in publication:
- 71