| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Balkin, J.L. |
| Title | Once More, with Feeling: Psychotherapy Revisited. |
| Source | Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Colombia, 1968, USA |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 40-50 aged, female therapy clients, followed 4 weeks, USA 196? |
| Collect period | 1964 (estimated) |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Respondents N = | 100 |
| N=32 pre-therapy group, N=35 post-therapy group, N=33 non-therapy group. | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Diary |
| Feelings over a period of four weeks were asessed with the Personal Feeling Scales of Wessman and Ricks. | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question, repeated every evening before retiring during 3 weeks (experience sampling). "On the average, how happy or unhappy did you feel today....?" 1 Extremely unhappy. Utterly depressed. Completely down. 2 Very unhappy. Depressed. Spirits very low. 3 Pretty unhappy. Somewhat 'blue'. Spirits down. 4 Mildly unhappy. Just a little low. 5 Barely unhappy. Just this side of neutral. 6 Barely happy. Just this side of neutral. 7 Mildly happy. Feeling fairly good and somewhat cheerful. 8 Pretty happy. Spirits high. Feeling good. 9 Very happy. Feeling really good. Elated. 10 Extremely happy. Feeling ecstatic, joyous, fantastic. Name: Wessman & Ricks' `Elation - Depression Scale" (adapted version) |
| Classification | A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-a |
| Author's label | Elation vs. depression |
| Page in publication | 71 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Psycho-therapy | show | Actual changes in happiness |
| Psycho-therapy | show | Being in treatment for mental disorder (vs not), also classified as above ↑ |
| Psycho-therapy | show | Earlier psychological treatments, also classified as above ↑ |
| Psycho-therapy | show | Perceived need for treatment, also classified as above ↑ |
| Psycho-therapy | show | Readiness to seek professional care, also classified as above ↑ |
| Psycho-therapy | show | Therapy seeking, also classified as above ↑ |