Suh (1994): study ZZ East-West pairs 1989
Publication
- Author(s):
- Suh, E.M.
- Title:
- Psychocultural Factors of Subjective Well-Being.
- Source:
- Paper presented at Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, 1994, Chicago, USA
Investigation
- Public:
- College students, Korea, China, and USA, 198?
- Sample:
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents:
- N = 217
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
-
Questionnaire: paper
Questionnaire completed in class
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Selfreport of daily mood on 24 questions
'Please indicate how much of each emotion you felt in the past month'
A LOVE
Aa Affection
Ab love
Ac caring
Ab fondness
B JOY
Ba joy
Bb happiness
Bc contentment
Bd pride
C FEAR
Ca fear
Cb worry
Cc anxiety
Cd nervous
D ANGER
Da anger
Db irritation
Dc disgust
Dd rage
E SHAME
Ea shame
Eb guilt
Ec regret
Ed embarrassment
F SADNESS
Fa sadness
Fb loneliness
Fc unhappiness
Fd depression
Answer options:
1 not at all
2 very slight
3 somewhat
4 moderate amount
5 much
6 very much
7 extremely much
Options presented horizontally
Computation: average A+B minus average C+D+E+F - Classification:
- A-BD3-cm-mqr-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- ABS
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 0%, 5: 0%, 6: 0%, 7: 0%
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -6 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.50
Correlational Findings
Moral desirability of happiness
Moral desirability of happiness