Diener et al. (2002a): study ZZ World samples 1980
Publication
- Author(s):
- Diener, E.; Lucas, R.E.; Oishi, S.; Suh, E.M.
- Title:
- Looking Up and Looking Down: Weighting Good and Bad Information in Life Satisfaction Judgments.
- Source:
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2002, Vol. 28, 437 - 445
Investigation
- Public
- College students, 31 nations, 1980's
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 13113
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole right now.....?
1 terrible
2 unhappy
3 mostly dissatisfied
4 mixed (about equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
5 mostly satisfied
6 pleased
7 delighted
- neutral (neither satisfied nor dissatisfied)
- I never thought about it
- does not apply to me
Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (modified version by Michalos) - Classification:
- O-DT-c-sq-v-7-b
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 439
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Considering your life as a whole, would you describe it as....:?
1 very unhappy
2
| unhappy
3
4 an even mixture of unhappiness and happiness
5
| happy
6
7 very happy
no opinion - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 439