| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Packer, S.; Cohen, S.; Husted, J. |
| Title | Psychopathology and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia. |
| Source | Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 1997, Vol. 22, 231 - 234 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18-40 aged, schizophrenics, Canada,199? |
| Mean age 30.3; 60 % males, 40 % females. 73 % living in private house or appartment, the remainder in a group home, boarding home, or halfway house. | |
| Year of data gathering not reported | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| 10 subjects were recruited from each of 4 programs: 3 community-based rehabilitation programs and a hospital clic giving standard treatment of medication and counseling | |
| Respondents N = | 40 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview: How do you feel about your life as a whole......? 7 delighted 6 pleased 5 mostly satisfied 4 mixed 3 mostly dissatisfied 2 unhappy 1 terrible Summation: arithmetic mean Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version) Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction' |
| Classification | O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a |
| Author's label | global life satisfaction |
| Page in publication | 232 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Depressive mood | show | Depressive (f31-33) |
| Education | show | Current education |
| Gender | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| Living situation | show | Current household-composition |
| Marital status | show | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Psychopathology | show | Current general mental health |