Brickman et al. (1978): study US 1977 /2
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 winners and non-lottery winners, Illinois, USA, 1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 108
- Non Response
- 45.5%
- Assessment
-
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Structured interview, mainly by phone
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
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:
- Lottery winners: M=4.00 Ms'=8.00
Non/winners/buyers: M=3.81 Ms'=7.62
Non-winners/non buyers M=4.00 Ms'=8.00