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Studies

Rosenberg & Chelte (1980): study US 1975

Publication

Author(s):
Rosenberg, E.; Chelte, A.F.
Title:
Avowed Happiness of Members of Sport and Non-Sport Voluntary Associations.
Source:
International Journal of Sport Psychology, 1980, Vol. 11, 263 - 275

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 1975-1977
Sample
Respondents
N = 1500
Non Response
Assessment

Not explicitly reported

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Author's label:
Avowed happiness
Remarks:
1975: Very happy 32.9%, pretty happy 54.0%, not happy 13.0%, range 1-3, M'=2.2 Ms'=6,0
1977: Very happy 34.8%, pretty happy 53.2%, not happy 11.9%, range 1-3, M'=2.2 Ms'=6,0

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Membership of voluntary association(vs no member)