Greenfield & Marks (2007): study US 1995
Publication
- Author(s):
- Greenfield, E.A.; Marks, N.F.
- Title:
- Religious Social Identity as an Explanatory Factor for Associations Between More Frequent Formal Religious Participation and Psychological Well-Being
- Source:
- The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 2007, vol. 17, 3, 245-259
Investigation
- Public
- 25-74 aged, general public, USA, 1995
- Survey name
- US-MIDUS
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 3032
- Non Response
- 39%
- Assessment
-
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
After the telephone interview 87% of the respondents completed a self-administered mailback questionnaire.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 12 questions:
During the past 30 days, how much of the time did you feel ..?
A So sad nothing could cheer you up
B Nervous
C Restless or fidgety
D Hopeless
E That everything was an effort
F Worthless
G Cheerful
H In good spirits
I Extremely happy
J Calm and peaceful
K Satisfied
L Full of life
1 = none of the time (never)
2 = a little of the time
3 = some of the time
4 = most of the time
5 = all of the time ( always)
Computation: (G+H+I+J+K+L) - ( A+B+C+D+E+F)
Name: Mroczek & Kolarz (1998) Affect Balance Scale (MIDI-affect) - Classification:
- A-BMr-cm-mq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- affect
- Page in publication:
- 251
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -24 - 24 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.80 6.80
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
Using a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means 'the worst possible life' and 10 means the 'best possible life', how would you rate your life overall these days?
0 worst possible life
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 best possible life - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-n-11-b
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Recoded: 0-6 = 1, 7 = 2, 8 =3, 9 = 4, 10 = 5
On this range 1-5: M = 2,86, SD = 1,23 - Page in publication:
- 250, 251