Kilpatrick & Cantril (1960): study US 1955
Publication
- Author(s):
- Kilpatrick, F.P.; Cantril, H.
- Title:
- Self-Anchoring Scaling: A Measure of Individuals' Unique Reality Worlds.
- Source:
- Journal of Individual Psychology, 1960, Vol. 16, 158 - 173
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, USA, 195?
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 100
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible life
This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now. - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.56 6.56
- SD:
- - -