Lehman et al. (1987): study US 1983
Publication
- Author(s):
- Lehman, D.R.; Williams, A.F.; Wortman, C.B.
- Title:
- Long-Term Effects of Losing a Spouse or Child in a Motor Vehicle Crash.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1987, Vol. 52, 218 - 231
Investigation
- Public
- Bereaved and controls, USA, 1983
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 78
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 9 questions:
We are interested in the way people are feeling these days. The following list describes some of the ways people feel at different times. Please indicate how often you felt each way during the last week.
How often last week did you feel .....?
A On the top of the world
B Very lonely or remote from other people
C Particularly excited or interested in something
D Depressed or very unhappy
E Pleased about having accomplished something
F Bored
G Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done
H So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair
I Vaguely uneasy about something without knowing why
Answer options:
0 not at all
1 once
2 several times
3 often
Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A, C, E, G
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on B, D, F, H, I
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -15 tot +12
Name: Bradburn's `Affect Balance Scale' (modified version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-e
- Author's label:
- Bradburn Affects Balance
- Page in publication:
- 222
- Full text:
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Self report on open question:
Describe how your life is going, in general at the present time
Responses rated negative/ positive taking into account intensity of positive and negative mentions as well as the ratio of positive to negative mentions.
1 negative
2
3
4
5 positive - Classification:
- O-V-c-oq-n-5-a
- Author's label:
- General State of Life
- Page in publication:
- 222
- Error estimates:
- interrater reliability .77
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.08 -
- SD:
- - -