Bergsma et al. (2011a): study NL 1996 /1

Publication

Author(s):

Bergsma, A.; DeGraaf, A.; TenHave, M.; Veenhoven, R.

Title:

Most People with Mental Disorders are Happy: A 3-year Follow-Up in the Dutch General Population.

Source:

The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2011, Vol. 6, 253 - 259

Investigation

Public

18-65 aged, diagnosed as having mental disorder, Netherlands, 1996

Sample

Probability stratified sample

Respondents

N = 1138

Non Response

30%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person?
6  all of the time
5  most of the time
4  a good bit of the time
3  some of the time
2  a little of the time
1  none of the time

Item MH5 in SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form)

Classification:

M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

3

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10

Mean:

4.20 -

SD:

- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Living with partner Current intimate relationships Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education Employment Current employment status Urbanicity of place of residence Rural dwelling (vs urban) Kind of mental disorder Anxious (f40)
Disorders due to substance use (f10-f19)
Mood (affective) disorders (f30-f39) Number of mental disorders Current general mental health Physical functioning Global health self-rating Emotional functioning Overall self estimate of mental health Social functioning Restrictions to social functioning