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Studies

Crous et al. (2018): study ES 2017

Publication

Author(s):
Crous, G.; Casas, F.; Gonzalez-Carrasco, M.
Title:
What Aspects are Important to Adolescents to Achieve Full Satisfaction in Life?
Source:
Child Indicators Research, 2018, online publication

Investigation

Public
11-16 aged secondary school pupils,Spain, 2017
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 763
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
The questionnaire was delivered in groups to all the tudents that had returned the consent form in their usual classroom in 35-40 minute sessions. First, a researcher explained the aim of the study and the conficential nature of the data. They were told that it was an individual quaestionnaire to be completed voluntary and that questions could be left unanswered. Depending on the size of the group, 2 or 3 researchers were present to answer participants' questions. 1st and 2nd year pupis received a shortened, simplified version of the questionnaire.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

.. Life as a whole ( full text not reported)
0  completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-?-sq-n-11-b
Author's label:
Happiness
Full text:
Self report on single question:

… overall happiness .. (full text not reported)
10  extremely happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  extremely unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-*-sq-nv-11-d
Author's label:
Happiness

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Importance for own happiness: People love me