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Studies

Warr (1978): study GB 1976

Publication

Author(s):
Warr, P.
Title:
A Study of Psychological Well-Being.
Source:
The British Journal of Psychology, 1978, Vol. 6, 111 - 121

Investigation

Public
Steel workers, 6 months after closure of plant, Manchester, UK, 1976
Sample
Respondents
N = 1655
Non Response
9 % (4 % ill, 5 % refused), 13 % not contacted
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured interview at home

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Here are some words and phrases. We would like you to use these in describing how you feel about your present life..
1  unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7  happy

(originally presented horizontally)

Item in Campbell's semantic differential scale
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-7-a
Author's label:
Present Life (PL 11)
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.89 8.20
SD:
1.48 -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Here are some words and phrases we would like you to use to describe how you feel about your present life.....
1 unsuccessful                                              
2
3
4
5
6
7  successful

Item in: Campbell's Semantic Differential Scale
Classification:
M-CO-c-sq-n-7-a
Author's label:
Present Life (PL 9)
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.95 6.60
SD:
1.68 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Positive affect