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