Cheng & Furnham (2003a): study GB London 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cheng, H.; Furnham, A.
- Title:
- Personality, Self-Esteem, and Demographic Predictions of Happiness and Depression.
- Source:
- Personality and Individual Differences, 2003, Vol. 34, 921- 942
Investigation
- Public
- Students, London, UK, 2003
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 234
- Non Response
- 0%
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class
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:
- Bradburn Affect Balance Scale
- Page in publication:
- 925-927
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- - 5.69
- SD:
- - -
- 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:
- The Gurin Scale (single item)
- Page in publication:
- 926-927
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.06 -
- SD:
- - -