Briscoe (1982): study GB 1977
Publication
- Author(s):
- Briscoe, M.E.
- Title:
- Sex Differences in Psychological Well-Being.
- Source:
- Psychological Medicine, 1982, Monograph Supplement 1, 1 - 48
Investigation
- Public
- Married couples with high incidence of minor psychiatric problems, London, U.K., 1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 100
- Non Response
- 11%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 10 questions:
During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no)
A Particularly excited or interested in something?
B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from other people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed or very unhappy?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
- Author's label:
- Positive and negative affect
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.43 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab
- Author's label:
- Avowed happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 8%, 2: 55%, 3: 37% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.29 7.34
- SD:
- 0.60 1.63
- Full text:
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Self rating on single question:
"All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you overall with your life as a whole these days?"
Rated on ladder scale
[ 10 ] completely satisfied
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[ 0 ] completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.60 -
- SD:
- - -