Baptista et al. (2016): study PT 2015
Publication
- Author(s):
- Baptista, A.; Becalli, M.; Camilo, C.
- Title:
- What are People saying when they report they are Happy or Life Satisfied?
- Source:
- Anales de Psicologia, 2016, Vol. 32, 803 - 809
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Portugal, 2015
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Sampling not reported
- Respondents
- N = 409
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
If you remember your own life last month, where do you stand on the ladder from worst possible to best possible life you can imagine? On which step on the ladder is your life?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible - Classification:
- C-BW-cm-sq-l-11-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Mean and s.d. computed by WDH-team
- Page in publication:
- 805
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.49 6.49
- SD:
- 1.69 1.69
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
.. happiness last month ... (full question not reported)
10 extremely happy (+ happy face)
9
8
7
6
5 neutral (+ neutral face)
4
3
2
1
0 extremely unhappy (+ unhappy face)
thermometer scale with emoticons - Classification:
- O-HL-cm-sq-f-11-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness faces scale
- Remarks:
- Mean and s.d. computed by WDH-team
- Page in publication:
- 805
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.45 6.45
- SD:
- 1.94 1.94
- Full text:
-
Self report on 12 questions
Please think of what you have been doing and experiencing during the past 4 weeks. Then report how much you experienced the following feelings;
A positive
B negative
C good
D bad
E pleasant
F unpleasant
G happy
H sad
I afraid
J joyful
K angry
L contented
Rated:
1 very rarely or never
2 rarely
3 sometimes
4 often
5 very often or always
Computation; (A+C++E+G+J+L) -(B+D+F+H+I+K)
name: Diener's Scale of Positive and negative Experience SPANE-B - Classification:
- A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-f
- Author's label:
- Hedonic happiness
- Remarks:
- Mean and s.d. computed by WDH-team
- Page in publication:
- 805
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -24 - 24 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.51 -
- SD:
- 6.42 -