| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Demir, M.; Weitekamp, L.A. |
| Title | I am So Happy Cause Today I Found My Friend: Friendship and Personality as Predictors of Happiness. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2007, Vol. 8, 181 - 211 |
| DOI | DOI:10,1007/s10902-006-9012-7 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | University students, USA, 2007 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability accidental sample |
| Subjects drawn from a psychology students pool | |
| Respondents N = | 423 |
| Some subjects had no "best friend" and had to be dismissed, resulting N = 376 | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 20 questions. This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you generally feel this way, that is, how you feel on average? A nervous B distressed C afraid D jittery E irritable F upset G scared H exiled I ashamed J guilty K hostile L active M determined N inspired O enthusiastic P alert Q attentive R proud S strong T interested Answer options: 1 very slightly or not at all 2 a little 3 moderately 4 quite a bit 5 very much Negative affect score (NAS): A to K Positive affect score (PAS): L to T Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('in general' version) |
| Classification | A-BW-g-mq-v-5-g |
| Author's label | Positive and Negative Affect |
| Page in publication | 191 |
| Remarks | Mean: computed PA - NA = 3.82 - 2.04 in this case on a scale from -4 to +4 |
| Error estimates | PA ? = 0.82, NA ? = 0.84 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -4 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 1.70 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Full text | Selfreport on 25 questions A 20-item PANAS To what extend do you feel this way right now in your life? Aa nervous Ab distressed Ac afraid Ad jittery Ae irritable Af upset Ag scared Ah exiled Ai ashamed Aj guilty Ak hostile Al active Am determined An inspired Ao enthusiastic Ap alert Aq attentive Ar proud As strong At interested B 5-item Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener) Ba In most ways my life is close to ideal Bb The conditions of my life are excellent Bc I am satisfied with my life Bd So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life Be If I could live my life over, I would change nothing Answer options: 1 not at all 2 a little 3 moderately 4 quite a bit 5 very much Computation: (Aa +..Ak) - (Al+.. At) + (Ba+ …Be) |
| Classification | M-AO-m-mq-v-5-a |
| Author's label | happiness |
| Page in publication | 193 |
| Remarks | Aggregate happiness score by standardizing the satisfaction with life, positve and negateive affect scores and subtracting the standardized negative affect scores from the sum of standardizedsatisfaction with life and positve affect scores |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 0.07 | |
| Standard deviation | 2.30 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Agreeableness | P05ad | Agreeable |
| Conscientiousness | P05ao | Conscientious |
| explained variance | S15ab45 | Life-appraisals + personality + social ties |
| Extraversion | P05az | Extraverted |
| Friendship conflict | F06af | Conflicts with friends |
| Friendship quality | F06ah04 | Satisfaction with friends |
| Gender | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Life satisfaction | H07aa04f | O-SL by M-AO |
| Negative Affect | M15ac | Current typical moods |
| Negative Affect | H13ab02b | Scores on symptom inventories, also classified as above ↑ |
| Neuroticism | P05cc | Neurotic |
| Number of friends | F06ab01 | Number of close friends |
| Openness | P05cd | Open |
| Positive affect | H13ad | Current positive mental health |
| Positive affect | M15ac | Current typical moods, also classified as above ↑ |