Tiggemann & Winefield (1984): study AU 1980
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tiggemann, M.; Winefield, A.H.
- Title:
- The Effects of Unemployment on the Mood, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, and Depressive Affect of School-Leavers.
- Source:
- Journal of Occupational Psychology, 1984, Vol. 57, 33 - 42
Investigation
- Public
- School leavers, Australia, 1980-81, followed 1 year
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 761
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
T1: August 1980 (when still at school) : questionnaires administered in class; T2: August 1981 (after leaving school): same questionnaire, ubknown how collected
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
How often do you feel happy?
4 almost always
3 quite often
2 sometimes
1 never - Classification:
- M-TH-g-sq-v-4-h
- Author's label:
- Happy
- Page in publication:
- 37
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.97 6.58
- SD:
- 0.09 0.31