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Studies

Lachmann et al. (2016): study DE 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Lachmann, B.; Kannen, C.; Sariyska, R.
Title:
Life Satisfaction and Problematic Internet Use: Evidence for Gender Specific Effects.
Source:
Psychiatry Research, 2016, Vol. 238, 363 - 367

Investigation

Public
Visitors of a 'digital societ' exhibition, Germany and Austria, 2016
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 4852
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  totally unsatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
364
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.74 7.74
SD:
2.16 2.16

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Internet addiction Addicted to the internet
Attitudes towards own internet use