Parks (2009): study US Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007
Publication
- Author(s):
- Parks, A.C.
- Title:
- Positive Psychotherapy: Building a Model of empirically supported Self-Help.
- Source:
- PhD dissertation, 2009, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Investigation
- Public
- Adults with mild/moderate depressive symptoms, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007-08
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 267
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on four questions:
Using the 1-7 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding.
A In most ways my life is close to ideal
B The conditions of my life are excellent
C I am satisfied with my life
D So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life
Answers rated:
7 strongly agree
6 agree
5 slightly agree
4 neither agree nor disagree
3 slightly disagree
2 disagree
1 strongly disagree
Computation: A+B+C+D
Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS-4)
(In the original scale item 5 reads: 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'. This item is left out in this selection because a positive answer to this question does not necessarily mean that the respondent doesn't like the life he/she actually lives.) - Classification:
- O-Sum-u-mq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Mean score at baseline, whole sample
- Page in publication:
- 16
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 4 - 28 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 19.40 -
- SD:
- - -