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Kinney & Coyle (1992): study US 1992

Publication

Author(s):
Kinney, W.B.; Coyle, C.P.
Title:
Predicting Life Satisfaction Among Adults With Physical Disabilities.
Source:
Archives of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation, 1992, Vol. 73, 863 - 869

Investigation

Public
18-55 aged, physically disabled, USA,1992
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 790
Non Response
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  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
Remarks:
Mean computed by WDH-team
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.06 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

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