Alexander (1969): study US 1964
Publication
- Author(s):
- Alexander, W.E.
- Title:
- Some Sociological Aspects of Psychological Well-Being in a Schizophrenic Population: Social Class, Participation and Work.
- Source:
- Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Syracuse University, 1969, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Schizophrenic males non-hospitalized, Monroe County, New York, USA, 1964-65
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 178
- Non Response
- 28%, most of them patients'or family member refusal
- Assessment
-
Register data
Analysis of case registers and clinical interviews with family members
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:
- Psychological well-being
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 10%, 2: 59%, 3: 22% (total 91%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.13 7.04
- SD:
- 0.58 1.50
- Full text:
-
Self report on 10 questions:
We are interested in how people are feeling these days. The following items describe some of the ways people feel at different times. Please indicate how often you felt each way during the last week
A Pleased about having accomplished something.
B That things were going my way.
C Proud because someone complimented me on something I
had done.
D Particularly excited or interested in something I had done.
E On top of the world.
F Upset because someone criticized you
G So restless that you could not sit long in a chair
H Bored
I Very lonely or remote from other people
J Depressed or very unhappy
Answer options:
0 not at all
1 once
2 several times
3 often
Summation:
- Positive Affect Score (PAS): Average A to E
- Negative Affect Score (NAS): Average F to J
- Affect Balance Score (AB): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -25 to +25
Name : Bradburn's "Affected Balance Scale' (modified version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-f
- Author's label:
- Psychological well-being
- Remarks:
- Recoded to range -4 to +4: PA = 2.9, NA = 2.7, ABS = + 0,2
- Page in publication:
- 42-45
- Error estimates:
- Reliability:Equivalence: positive items : r ranging from +.13 to +.43 negative items r ranging form +.09 to +.45 positive x negative items: r ranging from -.25 to +.14 positive affect score x negative affect score: r = .07 (ns)