Evans et al. (2007): study GB 1994
Publication
- Author(s):
- Evans, S.; Banerjee, S.; Huxley, P.J.; Leese, M.
- Title:
- The Impact of Mental Illness on Quality of Life: A Comparison of Severe Mental Illness, Common Mental Disorder and Healthy Population Samples.
- Source:
- Quality of Life Research, 2007, Vol. 16, 17 - 29
Investigation
- Public
- Mental patients and controls, followed 2 years, UK 1994-2001
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 149
- Non Response
- 94%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 could not be better
6
5
4
3
2
1 could not be worse
Summation: arithmetic mean
Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version).
Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction' - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-b
- Author's label:
- general life-quality
- Page in publication:
- 17-29