Diener (2002): study TH 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Diener, E.
- Title:
- Happiness in International College Student Data (ICSD)
- Source:
- Personal communication
Investigation
- Public
- Students, Thailand, 2001
- Survey name
- INT-ISSW 1995
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 91
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on four questions:
Using the 1-7 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding.
A In most ways my life is close to ideal
B The conditions of my life are excellent
C I am satisfied with my life
D So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life
Answers rated:
7 strongly agree
6 agree
5 slightly agree
4 neither agree nor disagree
3 slightly disagree
2 disagree
1 strongly disagree
Computation: A+B+C+D
Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS-4)
(In the original scale item 5 reads: 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'. This item is left out in this selection because a positive answer to this question does not necessarily mean that the respondent doesn't like the life he/she actually lives.) - Classification:
- O-Sum-u-mq-v-7-a
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 4 - 28 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.80 6.33
- SD:
- 1.02 1.70