Cheng & Furnham (2003a): study GB London 2001

Publication

Author(s):: Cheng, H.; Furnham, A.
Title:: Personality, Self-Esteem, and Demographic Predictions of Happiness and Depression.
Source:: Personality and Individual Differences, 2003, Vol. 34, 921- 942

Full text:: Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:: O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Author's label:: Gurin Scale (Happy)
Page in publication:: 926.927
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:: 2.07 -
SD:: 0.54 -

Full text:: Self report on 10 questions:

During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?  (yes/no)
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no  = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)
Classification:: A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Author's label:: Bradburn Affect Balance (ABS)
Remarks:: test-retest reliability of 0.76 across a 3-day interval for the scale
Positive Affect Scale M=0.83
Negative Affect Scale M=0.81
Page in publication:: 925.927
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 0.70 5.70
SD:: 1.97 1.97

Author's label

Subject Description

Finding

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)