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Studies

Rudolf & Priebe (1999): study DE 1994

Publication

Author(s):
Rudolf, H.; Priebe, S.
Title:
Subjective Quality of Life in Female In-Patients with a Depression: a Longitudinal Study.
Source:
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1999, Vol.45, 238 - 247

Investigation

Public
Female mental patients, Berlin, followed 6 month,199?
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 185
Non Response
drop out at T2: 33%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole?
7  delighted
6  very pleased
5  pleased
4  mixed feelings
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible
Classification:
O-DT-u-sq-v-7-c
Author's label:
Subjective Quality of Life
Page in publication:
238-247
Error estimates:
retest stability over 6 month among 28 depressives: r = +.54 p<.01
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.80 -
SD:
1.50 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding diagnostic group