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Studies

VandeVliert & Janssen (2002a): study ZZ 1986 /1

Publication

Author(s):
VandeVliert, E.; Janssen, O.
Title:
Competitive Societies are Happy if the Women are Less Competitive Than the Men.
Source:
Cross-Cultural Research, 2002, Vol. 36, 321 - 337

Investigation

Public
General public and students, 42 nations, 1986-1989
Sample
Non-probability chunk sample
Respondents
N = 42
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Equivalent questions on happiness and life-satisfaction rated on various scales.  The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.

Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method).
Classification:
O-Sum-*-sq-nt-11-a
Author's label:
Subjective well-being
Remarks:
Expressed in Z scores
Page in publication:
328
Error estimates:
alpha=.88
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
- -
SD:
1.00 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Overall competitiveness