Linn & McGranahan (1980): study US 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Linn, J.G.; McGranahan, D.H.
- Title:
- Personal Disruptions, Social Integration, Subjective Well-Being and Predisposition towards the Use of Counseling Services.
- Source:
- American Journal of Community Psychology, 1980, Vol. 8, 87 - 100
Investigation
- Public
- Physicians, California, USA, 1984
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 211
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire. Detail on measurement taken from Linn et all, 1986 'Health habits and coping behaviors among practicing physicians'. Western Journal of Medicine, 1986, vol. 144, 484-489
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
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
Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (original version) - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Factors Associated WithLife Satisfaction
- Remarks:
- 1% scored 1 or 2, precise scores in each category not reported
- Page in publication:
- 830-837
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.5%, 2: 0.5%, 3: 4%, 4: 8%, 5: 23%, 6: 48%, 7: 16% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.61 7.67
- SD:
- 1.06 1.76