Brickman et al. (1978): study US 1977 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Brickman, P.; Coates, D.; Janoff-Bulman, R.
- Title:
- Lottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative?
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1987, Vol. 36, 917 - 927
Investigation
- Public
- Lottery players, USA and non-player controls, Illinois, USA, 1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 86
- Non Response
- 56%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
"How happy are you now (not at this moment, but at this stage of life) .....?"
1 not at all
2
3
4
5
6 very much
(originally rated on horizontal line scale) - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-n-6-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Buyers: M=3.81 Ms'=7.62
Non-buyers: M=4.00 Ms'=8.00