Holloway & Carson (1998): study GB 1997
Publication
- Author(s):
- Holloway, F.; Carson, J.
- Title:
- Intensive Case Management for the Severely Mentally Ill. Controlled Trial.
- Source:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 1998, Vol. 172, 19 - 22
Investigation
- Public
- Severe mental patients, London UK, followed 18 month, 1997-98
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 70
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
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-a
- Author's label:
- Global quality of life
- Remarks:
- Experimental intensive treatment: M = 4.25; SD = 1.45. Control group: M = 4.18; SD = 1.45
This question is part of the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQLP) - Page in publication:
- 19-22
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.25 -
- SD:
- 1.45 -