Magnus & Diener (1991): study US 1986
Publication
- Author(s):
- Magnus, K.; Diener, E.
- Title:
- A Longitudinal Analysis of Personality, Life Events, and Subjective Well-Being.
- Source:
- Paper presented at 63rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, 1991, Chicago, USA
Investigation
- Public
- University students, USA, followed 4 years 1986-1990
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 130
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Self-report questionnaires, peer reports, and experinece sampling.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
"Generally speaking, how (much) do you feel happy? What score do you give if we put ten for 'extremely happy, zero for extremely unhappy' and five for neither happy nor unhappy'?"
10 extremely happy
9
8
7
6
5 neither happy nor unhappy
4
3
2
1
0 extremely unhappy - Classification:
- M-FH-g-sq-n-11-a
- Author's label:
- Fordyce
- Page in publication:
- 25
- Error estimates:
- Disattenuated retest correlation= +.85
- 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:
- Delighted-terrible scale
- Page in publication:
- 26
- Full text:
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Self report in in-depth interview about affective nature of one's life.
Rated on the level of happiness by an expert rater on a 1-7 scale - Classification:
- O-Sum-g-fi-?-7-a
- Author's label:
- Clinical interview
- Page in publication:
- 26
- Error estimates:
- Interrater agreement: r=+.68 (N=35)
- Full text:
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Peer rating using single question:
Use the list below to answer the following question: IN GENERAL, HOW HAPPY OR UNHAPPY DOES X USUALLY FEEL? Check the one statement that best describes his/her average happiness.
10 extremely happy (feeling ecstatic, joyous, fantastic!)
9 very happy (feeling really good and elated!)
8 pretty happy (spirits high, feeling good)
7 mildly happy (feeling fairly good and somewhat cheerful)
6 slightly happy ( just a bit above neutral)
5 slightly unhappy (just a bit below neutral)
4 mildly unhappy (just a bit low)
3 pretty unhappy (somewhat "blue", spirits down)
2 very unhappy ( depressed, spirits very low)
1 extremely unhappy (utterly depressed, completely down)
Name: Fordyce's overall happiness item, peer rating version - Classification:
- A-AOL-g-rdp-v-10-a
- Author's label:
- Peer Fordyce
- Page in publication:
- 26