Prizmic-Larsen et al. (2009): study HR 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Prizmic-Larsen, Z.; Franc, R; Kaliterna Lipovcan, L.J.
- Title:
- What to Do and not to Do to be Happy and Satisfied? Affect Regulations Strategies and Well-Being in a Representative Sample of Croatia.
- Source:
- Freire, T.;Ed.. :"Understanding Positive Life Research and Practice on Positive Psychology", Climepsi, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal, 213 - 226
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, Croatia, 2005
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 900
- Non Response
- 31%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview at home by trained interviewers
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on three questions:
'On the average, what percentage of the time do you feel….…' (percentages must add up to 100%)
1 happy
2 unhappy
3 neutral
Name: Fordyce % happy scale
Variant: % happy - Classification:
- A-TH-g-mq-th%-101-aa
- Author's label:
- Subjective Well-being
- Remarks:
- % of time happy: Female: M=52,4; SD=22,72; Male: M=53,5; SD=23,02
% of time unhappy: Female: M=23,5; SD=18,48; Male: M=21,6; SD=16,14 - Page in publication:
- 214, 218