| Publication |
| Author(s) | Bergsma, A.; DeGraaf, A.; TenHave, M.; Veenhoven, R. |
| Title | Most People with Mental Disorders are Happy: A 3-year Follow-Up in the Dutch General Population. |
| Source | The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2011, Vol. 6, 253 - 259 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1080/17439760.2011.577086 |
| Investigation |
| Public | 18-65 aged, diagnosed as having a mental disorder, Netherlands, followed two years, 1996-1998 |
| | Participants with mental disorder in 1996 who also participated in 1997 and 1998. |
| Last assesment | 1998 |
| | T0: 1996, T1:1997, T2:1998 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| | Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage random |
| Respondents N = | 687 |
| Non Response | T0 non response: 30%; T1 dropout: 21%; T2 dropout:15% |
| | Non-dropouts out of 1138 participants at T0. |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| General remarks | Households in a sample of 90 municipalities in the Netherlands, stratified by urbanity and province. From this sample (n = 7076) people were selected who were diagnosed as having a mental disorder at T0, T1 and T2. |
| Happiness measure(s) used |