Study

Publication
Author(s)	McCrae, R.R.; Costa, P.T.
Title	Adding 'Liebe und Arbeit': The Full Five Factor Model and Well-Being.
Source	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1991, Vol. 17, 227 - 232
Investigation
Public	Single males and couples Baltimore USA, followed 7 years, 1979-86
Last assesment	1986
	T1: 1979, T2:1981, T3: 1986
Survey name	Not available
Sample	Not available
	Non-probability sample of volunteers and their spouses, consisting of 258 males and 171 females, aged between 24 and 87.
Respondents N =	429
Non Response	Not available
Assesment	Questionnaire: paper
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 10 questions: During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no) A Particularly excited or interested in something? B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair? C Proud because someone complimented you on something you had done? D Very lonely or remote from other people? E Pleased about having accomplished something? F Bored? G On top of the world? H Depressed or very unhappy? I That things were going your way? J Upset because someone criticized you? Answer options and scoring: yes = 1 no = 0 Summation: -Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I -Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J -Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Possible range: -5 to +5 Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)
Classification	A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Author's label	Affect Balance Scale
Remarks	T1: M=2.81 SD=1.89 Ms'= 7.81 SDs'= 1.89 T2: M=2.89 SD=2.00 Ms'= 7.89 SDs'= 2.00
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Full text	Selfreport on single question: 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 Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (original version)
Classification	O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
Author's label	Life-satisfaction
Remarks	T1: M=4.50 SD= .98 Ms'= 5.80 SDs'= 1.63 T2: M=4.52 SD=1.02 Ms'= 5.86 SDs'= 1.70
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label		Our subject description
Actual past happiness_A	show	Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago)
Actual past happiness_B	show	Earlier life-appraisals
Actual past happiness_C	show	Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago)
Affect Balance Score	show	O-SL by A-AB
Agreeableness	show	Kind
Agreeableness	show	Later kindness, also classified as above ↑
Conscientiousness	show	Conscientious
Conscientiousness	show	Earlier conscientiousness, also classified as above ↑
Extraversion	show	Extraverted
Extraversion	show	Later locus of control, also classified as above ↑
Future happiness	show	Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago)
Later life-appraisal	show	Later life-appraisals
Life satisfaction	show	O-DT by A-AB
Life Satisfaction Index	show	Satisfaction with multiple domains of life
Negative affect	show	Feeling down (vs not)
Neuroticism	show	Later psycho-somatic complaints
Openness to experience	show	Later openness
Openness to experience	show	Open, also classified as above ↑
Positive affect	show	Feeling elated (vs not)