Holder et al. (2010): study CA 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Holder, M.D.; Coleman, B.; Wallace, J.M.
- Title:
- Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children aged 8-12 Years.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, Vol.11, 131 - 150
Investigation
- Public
- 8-12 aged children, 2 schools, Canada, 200?
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 320
- Non Response
- 11
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Overall how do you usually feel?
1 sad face
2
3
4
5
6
7 happy face
Seven faces presented ranging from sad to happy, without verbal or numerical labels - Classification:
- A-AOL-g-sq-f-7-a
- Author's label:
- Faces scale
- Page in publication:
- 135,138
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 3%, 4: 7%, 5: 19%, 6: 47%, 7: 24% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.82 8.03
- SD:
- 0.97 1.62
- Full text:
-
Rating by parents in response to single question:
Overall how does your child usually feel?
1 sad face
2
3
4
5
6
7 happy face
Seven faces presented ranging from sad to happy, without verbal or numerical labels - Classification:
- A-AOL-g-rdf-f-7-a
- Author's label:
- Faces scale
- Page in publication:
- 135,138
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 1%, 4: 5%, 5: 25%, 6: 57%, 7: 12% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.74 7.90
- SD:
- 0.77 1.28