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Studies

Brim (1974): study US 1972

Publication

Author(s):
Brim, J.A.
Title:
Social Network Correlates of Avowed Happiness.
Source:
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1974, Vol. 158, 432 - 439

Investigation

Public
Females Feminists and controls. Seatle, USA, 197?
Sample
Respondents
N = 153
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all things together, how would you say things are these days? Please put a circle around the appropriate number to indicate how happy you are these days.....?
9  very happy
8
7
6
5  pretty happy
4
3
2
1  not too happy

(originally rated on a horizontal scale)
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-9-a
Author's label:
Avowed happiness.

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Desired interaction with husband