Moriwaki (1974): study US 1971
Publication
- Author(s):
- Moriwaki, S.Y.
- Title:
- The Affect Balance Scale: A Validity Study with Aged Samples.
- Source:
- Journal of Gerontology, 1974, Vol. 29, 73 - 78
Investigation
- Public
- 60+ aged, psychiatric cases and controls, Los Angeles, USA, 1971
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 27
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 10 questions:
"Looking at your present life situation, have you felt....?"
(yes/no)
A Particularly excited, or interested in something?
B So restless that you could not sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Response options scoring
- yes = 1
- no = 0
Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A,C,E,G,I
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores B,D,F,H,J
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's ' Affect Balance Scale' (modified version) - Classification:
- A-BB-c-mq-v-2-a
- Author's label:
- Psychological well-being.
- Error estimates:
- Equivalence (data from sample 2): positive affects score x negative affect score: r = -.32 (ns)
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all together: how happy would you say you are? Would you say you are?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Psychological well-being.