Crandall & Putman (1980): study US Idaho 1975
Publication
- Author(s):
- Crandall, J.E.; Putman, E.L.
- Title:
- Relations between Measures of Social Interest and Psychological Well-Being.
- Source:
- Journal of Individual Psychology, 1980, Vol. 20, 156 - 168
Investigation
- Public
- Non-teaching employees, university, Idaho, USA, 197?
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 82
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
Summation: arithmetic mean
Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version)
Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction' - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Cognitive evaluation of well being
- Page in publication:
- 158
- Full text:
-
Self report on 18 questions:
How have things been going in the past few weeks? Please tick one of the two boxes for each of the questions below:
A Have you been annoyed with someone?
B Have you ever felt lonely or remote from people?
C Have you ever felt that things were going your way?
D Have you ever felt very worried
E Have you ever felt pleased because you've got friends?
F Have you ever been afraid of what might happen?
G Have you ever felt particularly excited or interested in something?
H Have you ever felt depressed or unhappy?
I Have you ever been full of energy?
J Have you ever felt really tired?
K Have you ever felt so restless that you could not sit long in a chair?
L Have you ever felt that you were really enjoying yourself?
M Have you ever felt really cheerful?
N Have you ever felt like crying?
O Have you ever felt at the top of the world?
P Have you ever felt confident about the future?
Q Have you ever felt bored?
R Have you ever felt pleased about having accomplished something?
Rated:
0: no
1: yes
Computation: (C+E+G+I+L+M+O+P+R) - (A+B+D+F+H+J+K+N+Q)
Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale: extended version - Classification:
- A-AB-cm-mq-v-2-a
- Author's label:
- Affect balance
- Page in publication:
- 159