Bergsma et al. (2011a): study NL 1996
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, general public, The Netherlands, 1996-1998
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 7076
- Non Response
- T0 non response: 30%; T1 dropout: 21%; T2 dropout:15%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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:
- 796
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.93 -
- SD:
- - -