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Gonzalez (2008): study ES 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Gonzalez, V.
Title:
Bienestar Personal y Activades en la Edad Adulta Tardía. (Personal Well-Being and Activities in Late Adulthood).
Source:
Thesis, University of Malaga, Department of Psychology, 2008, Malaga, Spain

Investigation

Public
Elderly, city Spain, 2005
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 250
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

Do you feel happy?
1   strongly disagree
2   disagree
3   slightly disagree
4   neither agree or disagree
5   slightly agree
6   agree
7   strongly agree
Classification:
M-FH-u-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.52 7.53
SD:
1.31 2.18
Full text:
Self report on 12 questions:

During the past 30 days, how much of the time did you feel ..?
A  So sad nothing could cheer you up
B  Nervous
C  Restless or fidgety
D  Hopeless
E  That everything was an effort
F  Worthless
G  Cheerful
H  In good spirits
I    Extremely happy
J   Calm and peaceful
K  Satisfied
L  Full of life

1 = none of the time (never)
2 = a little of the time
3 = some of the time
4 = most of the time
5 = all of the time  ( always)

Computation: (G+H+I+J+K+L) - ( A+B+C+D+E+F)

Name: Mroczek & Kolarz (1998)  Affect Balance Scale (MIDI-affect)
Classification:
A-BMr-cm-mq-v-5-a
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range -24 - 24 On range 0-10
Mean:
44.61 -
SD:
8.89 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Age Age difference among elderly Employment (males) Current employment status
Current status: retired or not
Employment status (females) Current employment status
Full-time home maker
Current status: retired or not
Optimism Optimistic Self esteem Evaluation of self-as-a-whole Frequency of leisure activities Leisure activity level Number of leisure activities Leisure activity level Kind of leisure activities Specific leisure activities Satisfaction with leisure activity Satisfaction with leisure activities Explained variance Summed life-appraisals + personality