Steel & Ones (2002): study ZZ 1972
Publication
- Author(s):
- Steel, P.; Ones, D.S.
- Title:
- Personality and Happiness: A National Level Analysis.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2002, Vol. 83, 767 - 781
Investigation
- Public
- Adult general public, 39 nations, 1972-1998
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 40000
- Non Response
- not reported
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
And questionnaires.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on multiple questions:
Equivalent questionnaires about experienced positive and negative affect, such as Bradburn's ABS and Watson's PANAS. The number and wording of the questions varies somewhat across studies and languages.
Scores are transformed linearly to range 0-10 - Classification:
- A-AB-*-mq-nt-11-a
- Author's label:
- Affect
- Page in publication:
- 775
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.29 6.29
- SD:
- 0.61 0.61
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on life-satisfaction rated on various scales. The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.
Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method). - Classification:
- O-SLV-*-sq-nt-11-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 775
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.36 6.36
- SD:
- 0.62 0.62
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on happiness rated on various scales. The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.
Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method). - Classification:
- O-HL-*-sq-nt-11-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 773-774
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.71 6.71
- SD:
- 0.58 0.58
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on happiness and life-satisfaction rated on various scales. The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.
Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method). - Classification:
- O-Sum-*-sq-nt-11-a
- Author's label:
- Overall
- Page in publication:
- 775
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.37 6.37
- SD:
- 0.65 0.65