Larson (1989): study US 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Larson, R.
- Title:
- Is Feeling "In Control" Related to Happiness in Daily Life?
- Source:
- Psychological Reports, 1989, Vol. 64, 775 - 784
Investigation
- Public
- Lower-middle class employees, Chicago-area, USA, 198?
- Sample
- Non-probability accidental sample
- Respondents
- N = 107
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Experience sampling
Experience Sampling during 1 week between 8 AM and 10 PM (= about 8 times a day).
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question repeated several times a day.
" .. mood .."
Full lead question not reported
7 happy
6
5
4
3
2
1 sad - Classification:
- A-ARE-mi-sqr-n-7-a
- Author's label:
- Happy/sad
- Remarks:
- Assessed 8 times a day during one week.
Part of a 4 item sematic differential scale (other items cheerfull, friendly and sociable) - Page in publication:
- 779
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.05 -
- SD:
- 0.65 -