Diwan et al. (2004): study US Atlanta, Georgia 1999
Publication
- Author(s):
- Diwan, S.; Balswamy, S.; Jonnalagadda, S.S.
- Title:
- Resources Predicting Positive and Negative Affect During the Experience of Stress: A Study of Older Asian Indian Immigrants in the United States.
- Source:
- The Gerontologist, 2004, Vol. 44, 605 - 614
Investigation
- Public
- Elderly immigrants, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 1999
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 226
- Non Response
- 38.08%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 4 questions:
During the last week, how often did you feel
A depressed
B sad
C happy
D enjoyed life
E lonely
F could not get going
G sleep restless
Rated:
1 rarely or non of the time: less than one day
2 some or a little of the time; 1-2 days
3 occasionally a moderate amount of the time; 3-4 days
4 most or all of the time: 6-7 days
Computation: (C+D)/2 - (A+B+E+F+G)/5
Name: selected items items from the CES-D8 - Classification:
- A-AB-cw-mq-v-4-m
- Author's label:
- Positive and Negative Affect
- Remarks:
- Affect-Balance computed by WDH team, subtracting average negative affect (0.75) from average positive affect (1.9).
- Page in publication:
- 609
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 0 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.15 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Attitudes to own coping