Smith (1979): study US 1973 /1

Publication

Author(s):: Smith, T.W.
Title:: Happiness: Time Trends, Seasonal Variations, Intersurvey Differences, and Other Mysteries.
Source:: Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979, Vol. 42, 18 - 30

Full text:: Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:: O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Page in publication:: 22
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 12%, 2: 55%, 3: 33% (total 100%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:: 2.21 7.25
SD:: 0.64 1.66

Full text:: Self report on 10 questions:

During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?  (yes/no)
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no  = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)
Classification:: A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Remarks:: Pa 3.23; Na: 1.58
Page in publication:: 26
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 1.65 6.65
SD:: - -