Cha (2003): study KR 1998

Publication

Author(s):

Cha, K.H.

Title:

Subjective Well-Being among College Students.

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol.62/63, 455 - 477

Investigation

Public

College students, Korea, 199?

Sample

Non-probability chunk sample

Respondents

N = 350

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: paper
Questionnaire completed in class

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on 8 questions:

Using the scale below, indicate how much of the time during the PAST MONTH have you felt each emotion?
A  affectionate
B  joyful
C  sad
D  worried
E  irritable
F  guilty
G  happy
H  proud

1  never
2  slight amount (rare)
3  some of the time
4  about half the time
5  much of the time
6  almost always
7  always

Computation: (A+B+G+H)-(C+D+E+F)/8

Name: Diener's 'Affect Balance'

Classification:

A-BD2-cm-mq-v-7-b

Author's label:

Affective well-being

Page in publication:

459

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range -6 - 6 On range 0-10

Mean:

1.29 -

SD:

1.48 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Satisfaction with life (SWLS) Happiness inventories involving unacceptable items Positive affect A-AB by A-AB
Hedonic tone in affect Negative affect Hedonic tone in affect Self- Esteem Self-confidant
Current self-evaluation Self-regard Current self-evaluation Social confidence Self-confidant School ability Self-confidant
Satisfaction with own school-performance
Self-perceived ability Physical appearance Self rating of good looks Physical ability Current functional health Collective self-esteem Attitudes to own roles
Evaluation of aspects of self
Self-perceived social identity Membership esteem Attitudes to own roles
Evaluation of aspects of self Private collective self-esteem Attitudes to own roles
Self-perceived social identity Public collective self-esteem Perceived popularity
Attitudes to own roles
Self-perceived social identity Optimism Optimistic