Holloway & Carson (1999): study GB 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Holloway, F.; Carson, J.
- Title:
- Subjective Quality of Life, Psychopathology, Satisfacton with Care and Insight: An Exploratory Study.
- Source:
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1999, Vol. 45, 259 - 267
Investigation
- Public:
- Mental patients, UK, followed 3 years,1990-1993
- Sample:
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents:
- N = 70
- Non Response:
- 0
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview:
How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
Summation: arithmetic mean
Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version)
Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction' - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Global Subjective Qualiry of Life; GSQOL
- Page in publication:
- 261
- 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:
- 3.73
- SD:
- 1.38
Correlational Findings
Amount of restrictions perceived
Attitudes to victimization
Satisfaction with intimacy
Satisfaction with personal contacts
Multiple aspect evaluations of life
Change in mental health
Scores on symptom inventories
Mixed multiple life-appraisals
Vs formerly married (widowed+divorced+separated)
Depressive (f31-33)
Psychotic (f99)
Current positive mental health
Satisfaction with treatment