Cameron (1975): study US 1970
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cameron, P.
- Title:
- Mood as an Indicant of Happiness: Age, Sex, Social Class and Situational Differences.
- Source:
- Journal of Gerontology, 1975, Vol. 30, 216 - 224
Investigation
- Public
- College students, Detroit, USA, 197?
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 187
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Mailed questionnaire and time sampling
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question, asked 21 times in a period of 10 weeks (experience sampling)
How would you characterize your mood or impulse of the last instant....?
3 happy
2 neutral
1 sad
Summation: average of 21 scores. - Classification:
- A-ARE-cq-sqr-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Affectivity