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Studies

Balatsky & Diener (1993): study RU 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Balatsky, G.; Diener, E.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being among Russian Students.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 1993, Vol. 28, 225 - 243

Investigation

Public
Students, Moscow and Glazov (Ural), Russia, 1990
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 116
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
And group meeting.

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  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale'  (original version)
Classification:
O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
Author's label:
Delighted-Terrible life
Page in publication:
230
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.60 -
SD:
1.00 -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole right now.....?
1  terrible
2  unhappy
3  mostly dissatisfied
4  mixed (about equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
5  mostly satisfied
6  pleased
7  delighted
-  neutral (neither satisfied nor dissatisfied)
-  I never thought about it
-  does not apply to me



Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (modified version by Michalos)
Classification:
O-DT-c-sq-v-7-b
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life as a whole
Page in publication:
235
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.15 -
SD:
1.50 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Satisfaction with health