Campbell (1981): study US 1978
Publication
- Author(s):
- Campbell, A.
- Title:
- The Sense of Well-Being in America.
- Source:
- McGraw-Hill, 1981, New York, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 1978
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3692
- Non Response
- about 20 %
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
at home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
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 affects
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.00 7.00
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
We have talked about various parts of your life, now I want to ask you about your life as a whole. How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days.....?
7 completely satisfied
6
5
4 neutral
3
2
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with life as a whole
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 21
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 10%, 2: 60%, 3: 30% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.20 7.22
- SD:
- 0.60 1.56