Diener & Diener (1995): study GR 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, Greece, 1991
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 164
- 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:
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
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.90 6.50
- SD:
- 0.95 1.58