Ormel (1980): study NL 1970
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ormel, J.
- Title:
- Moeite met Leven of een Moeilijk Leven. (Difficulties with Living or a Difficult Life).
- Source:
- Konstapel, 1980, Groningen, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 15-60 aged, general public, followed 12 month, The Netherlands, 1967-77
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 296
- Non Response
- 18%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 8 questions:
" In the past few weeks did you ever feel.....?"
A Pleased about having accomplished something
B Upset because someone criticized you
C Proud because someone complimented you one something you had done
D That things are going your way
E So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair
F Unhappy or depressed
G Particularly interested in something
H Lonely and remote from other people
Response options:
0 not at all
1 sometimes
2 often
3 very often
Scoring: a = 0..........d = 3
Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A, C, D, G
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on B, E, F, H
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale (shortened variant) - Classification:
- A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c
- Author's label:
- Affect balance
- Error estimates:
- T2: _ =.59, T3: _=.63
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 12 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 22.90 6.50
- SD:
- - -