Diener & Diener (1995): study BD 1991
Publication
- Author(s):
- Diener, E.; Diener, M.
- Title:
- Cross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1995, Vol. 68, 653 - 663
Investigation
- Public:
- University students, Bangladesh, 1991
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 262
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: paper
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Selfreport on single question:
Indicate the feeling you have now, generally speaking, how do you feel about your life...?
1 terrible
2 unhappy
3 mostly dissatisfied
4 mixed (about equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
5 mostly satisfied
6 pleased
7 delighted
- 8 neutral (neither satisfied nor dissatisfied)
- 9 never thought about it
- 10 does not apply to me
Scoring: 8, 9 and 10 left out - Classification:
- O-DT-c-sq-v-7-c
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction in general
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 0%, 5: 0%, 6: 0%, 7: 0%
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.30 6.50
- SD:
- 1.10 1.83