Dott & Walling (1995): study EC 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Dott, S.G.; Walling, D.P.
- Title:
- Quality of Life: Exploring How Patients Change.
- Source:
- Poster presented at Annual Meeting American Psychological Association Meeting, May 1995, Miami, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Psychiatric patients, before and after hospitalization, USA, 199?
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 78
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
'How would you rate your overall life-satisfaction and contentment during the past week?'
1 very poor
2 poor
3 fair
4 good
5 very good
Last item (nr 277) in 'Quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction questionnaire (Q-LES-Q) by Jean Endicott. The focus of this questionnaire is on health problems and physical performance. - Classification:
- M-FH-cw-sq-v-5-b
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction overall
- Remarks:
- Average of patients at T1 and T2 in both university psychiatric hospital and crisis residential treatment facility
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.32 -
- SD:
- 1.16 -