Selection of publications

Overview of publications on Happiness
and
Subject Rating scales

Additional keywords: response options

Reference	Atkinson (1978)
Author(s)	Atkinson, T.H.
Title	Is Satisfaction a Good Measure of the Perceived Quality of Life?
Source	Proceedings American Statistical Association, 1978, 123 - 132 (also Paper presented at the 1977 Meetings of the American Statistical Association, USA)
Year	1978
WWW link	HTTP://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/atkinson_th_1978.pdf
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Baltatescu (2002)
Author(s)	Baltatescu, S.M.
Title	Problems of transforming scales of life satisfaction.
Source	Euromodule Workshops, October, 2002, Berlin, Germany
Year	2002
WWW link	HTTP://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/baltatescu_sm_2002A.pdf
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Bernheim (2000)
Author(s)	Bernheim, J.L.
Title	Anamnestic Comparative Self Assesment (ACSA).
Source	Persmap Documentatie, Free University Brussels, Quality of Life Study Group, Belgium
Year	2000
WWW link	HTTP://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/bernheim_jl_19.pdf
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Bond & Lader (1974)
Author(s)	Bond, A.; Lader, M.
Title	The Use of Analogue Scales in Rating Subjective Feelings
Source	The British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1974, Vol. 47, 211 - 218
Year	1974
WWW link	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1974.tb02285.x
ISSN	0007-1129
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Clogg (1985)
Author(s)	Clogg, C.C.
Title	Some Statistical Models for Analyzing why Surveys Disagree.
Source	Book: Surveying Subjective Phenomena, 1985, Chapter 11, 319 - 366
Year	1985
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Cubi-Molla & Yaman (2014)
Author(s)	Cubi-Molla, P.; Yaman, F.
Title	A Fixed Effects ordered Choice Model with Exible Thresholds with an Application to Life-Satisfaction.
Source	School of Arts and Social Sciences DPS, 2015, No 14/10, London, UK
Year	2014
WWW link	http://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/263236/Ordered_Choice_Paper_V3_Patricia-Cubi-Molla_1410.pdf
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Cummins & Gullone (2000)
Author(s)	Cummins, R.A.; Gullone, E.
Title	Why We should not Use 5-Point Likert Scales: The Case for Subjective Quality of Life Measurement.
Source	Proceedings, Second International Conference on Quality of Life in Cities, 2000, Singapore, 74 - 93
Year	2000
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Cummins (1997a)
Author(s)	Cummins, R.A.
Title	Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale Schoolversion; grades 7 - 12 (ComQol - S5 Manual).
Source	Deakin University, School of Psychology, 1997, Melbourne, Australia
Year	1997
ISBN	0 7300 2726 0
ISSN	1325 0752
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Cummins (1997b)
Author(s)	Cummins, R.A.
Title	Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale. Adult V Edition, (ComQol5, Manual).
Source	Deakin University, School of Psychology, 1997, Melbourne, Australia
Year	1997
ISBN	07300 28046
ISSN	1325 0752
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Cummins (2003)
Author(s)	Cummins, R.A.
Title	Normative Life-Satisfaction: Measurement Issues and a Homeo-Static Model.
Source	Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol. 64, 225 - 256
Year	2003
DOI link	doi:10.1023/A:1024712527648
ISSN	0303 8300
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Davern & Cummins (2006)
Author(s)	Davern, M.T.; Cummins, R.A.
Title	Is Life Dissatisfaction the Opposite of Life Satisfaction?
Source	Australian Journal of Psychology, 2006, Vol. 58, 1 - 7
Year	2006
WWW link	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/00049530500125124/pdf
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	DeJonge et al. (2015b)
Author(s)	DeJonge, T.; Arends, L.R.; Veenhoven, R.
Title	Very Happy is not always Equaly Happy On the Meaning of Verbal Response Options in Survey Questions
Source	Journal of Happiness Studies, 2015, Vol. 16, 77 - 101
Year	2015
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/s1092-013-9497-9
ISSN	1389 4978
ISSN_online	1573 7780
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	DeJonge et al. (2015c)
Author(s)	DeJonge, T.; Arends, L.R.; Kalmijn, W.M.; Veenhoven, R.
Title	Stability of Boundaries Between Response Options of Response Scales Does very Happy Remain Equaly Happy over the Years?
Source	Social Indicators Research, 2015, Vol. 123, 241 - 266
Year	2015
WWW link	http://repub.eur.nl/pub/77254/
DOI link	DOI:1007/s11205-014-0753-2
ISSN	0303 8300
ISSN_online	1573 0921
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Diener et al. (2002)
Author(s)	Diener, E.; Lucas, R.E.; Nickerson, C.; Sandvik, E.
Title	Dispositional Affect and Job Outcomes.
Source	Social Indicators Research, 2002, Vol. 59, 229 - 259
Year	2002
DOI link	DOI:10.1023/A:1019672513984
ISSN	0303 8300
ISSN_online	1573 0921
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Elfering & Grebner (2010)
Author(s)	Elfering, A; Grebner, S
Title	A Smile is Just a Smile: Only for Men. Sex Differences in Meaning of Faces Sales.
Source	Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, Vol. 11, 179 - 191
Year	2010
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/s10902-008-9130-5
ISBN	1389 4978
ISSN	1573 7780
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Guntuku et al. (2019)
Author(s)	Guntuku, S.C.; Li, M.; Tay, L.
Title	Studying Cultural Differences in Emoji Usage across the East and theWest
Source	Conference Paper, 2019, The 13th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM-2019), Munich, Germany
Year	2019
WWW link	https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.02671
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Hsee & Tang (2007)
Author(s)	Hsee, C.K.; Tang, J.N.
Title	Sun and Water: On a Modulus-Based Measurement of Happiness.
Source	Emotion, 2007, Vol. 7, 213 - 218.
Year	2007
ISSN	1528 3542
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Hyland & Sodergren (1996)
Author(s)	Hyland, M.E.; Sodergren, S.C.
Title	Development of a New Type of Global Quality of Life Scale and Comparison of Perforance and Preference for 12 Global Scales.
Source	Quality of Life Research, 1996, Vol.5, 469 - 480
Year	1996
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/BF00540019
ISSN	0962 9343
ISSN_online	1573 2649
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Kunin (1955)
Author(s)	Kunin, T.
Title	The Construction of a New Type of Attitude Measure.
Source	Personal Psychology, 1955, Vol. 8, 65 - 78
Year	1955
DOI link	DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1998.tb00739.x
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Liao (2014)
Author(s)	Liao, P.S.
Title	More Happy or Less Happy? Comparison of the Balanced and Unbalanced Designs for the Response Scale of General Happiness
Source	Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, Vol. 15, 1407 - 1423
Year	2014
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/s10902-013-948-1
ISSN	1389 4978
ISSN_online	1573 7780
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Lim (2008)
Author(s)	Lim, H.E.
Title	The Use of Different Ratting Scales: Bias and Comparison Problem?
Source	Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 87, 259 - 267
Year	2008
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9171-x
ISSN	0303 8300
ISSN_online	1573 0921
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Maffioletti & Maida (2013)
Author(s)	Maffioletti, A.; Maida, A.
Title	Survey Design and Response Analysis: a Study on Happiness, Life Satisfaction and Well-being in Piedmont, a Region of Italy.
Source	Labor, Working Paper, 2013, No. 131, Moncalieri, Italy
Year	2013
WWW link	http://air.unimi.it/handle/2434/225625
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Maffioletti et al. (2014)
Author(s)	Maffioletti, A.; Maida, A.; Scacciati, F
Title	More Terminological and Methodological Problems in Measuring Happiness, Life Satisfaction and Well-Being: Some First Empirical Results.
Source	Giorgino, V (Ed.): "The Pursuit of Happiness and the Traditions of Wisdom", 2014, SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research, Springer, London, 13 - 21
Year	2014
WWW link	https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-04744-7_2.pdf
ISBN	978-3-319-04743-0
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Mazaheri & Theuns (2009)
Author(s)	Mazaheri, M.; Theuns, P.
Title	Structual Equation Modeling (SEM) for Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Ratings: Multiple Group Invariance Analysis across Scales with different Response Format.
Source	Social Indicators Research, 2009, Vol. 91, 203 - 221
Year	2009
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/s11205-008-9278-8
ISSN	0303 8300
ISSN_online	1573 0921
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no acceptable measure of happiness used.

Reference	Mazaheri (2009)
Author(s)	Mazaheri, M.
Title	Effects of Varying Response Formats on Self-Ratings of Life Satisfaction.
Source	Social Indicators Research, 2009, Vol. 90, 381 - 395
Year	2009
DOI link	DOI:10.1007/s11205-008-9263-2
ISSN	0303 8300
ISSN_online	1573 0921
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Saris et al. (1998)
Author(s)	Saris, W.E.; Scherpenzeel, A.C.; VanWijk, T.
Title	Validity and Reliability of Subjective Social Indicators.
Source	Social Indicators Research, 1998, Vol. 45, 173 - 199
Year	1998
DOI link	DOI: 10.1023/A:1006993730546
ISSN	0303 8300
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Studer (2011)
Author(s)	Studer, R.
Title	Does it Matter How Happiness is Measured? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Expirement.
Source	Working Paper No. 49, University of Zürich, Department of Economics, 2011, Zürich, Switzerland
Year	2011
WWW link	http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1963817
ISSN	1664 7041
ISSN_online	1664 705X
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Thurnher (1973)
Author(s)	Thurnher, M.
Title	Adaptability of Life. History Interviews to the Study of Adult Development.
Source	Jarvik, L.F.;et al;Eds.: "Intellectual Functioning in Adults", Springer, 1973, New York, USA, 137 -142
Year	1973
ISBN	0 8261 1320 6
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	VanBeuningen et al. (2014)
Author(s)	VanBeuningen, J.; Moonen, L.; VanderHouwen, K.
Title	Measuring Well-Being. An Analysis of Different Response Scales.
Source	Discussion Paper 2014/03,, Statistics Netherlands, 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Year	2014
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes and entered:

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Reference	Västfjäll & Gärling (2007)
Author(s)	Västfjäll, D.; Gärling, T.
Title	Development and Aging: Validation of a Swedish Short Self-Report Measure of Core Affect.
Source	Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2007, Vol. 48, 233 - 238
Year	2007
WWW link	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00595.x/abstract
DOI link	DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00595.x
ISSN	1467 9450
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

Reference	Ventegodt (1995a)
Author(s)	Ventegodt, S.
Title	Measuring the Quality of Life. From Theory to Practice.
Source	Forskningscentrets Forlag, 1995, Copenhagen, Denmark
Year	1995
ISBN	8790 190 084
Eligible	for Findings archive: Not, no new data on happiness in time frame ‘presently’.

Reference	Verhofstadt et al. (2015)
Author(s)	Verhofstadt, E.; Bleys, B.; VanOotegem, L.
Title	Reference-Dependency of Happiness Ratings.
Source	Journal of Happiness Studies, 2015, Vol. 16, 1437 - 1454
Year	2015
WWW link	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10902-014-9567-7
DOI link	DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9567-7
Eligible	for Findings archive: Yes, but not yet entered.

End of overview of publications on Happiness
and
Subject Rating scales

32	Number of publications
13	Of which eligible for Findings archive
1	Entered
12	Waiting list