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Correlational findings

Study Wessman & Ricks (1966): study US 1957 /1

Public
Male college students, followed 3 years, Harvard University, USA, 1957-60
Sample
Respondents
N = 17
Non Response
37%: 9 dropouts, incomplete; about the same happiness distribution.
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Mood diary kept 30 days and repeated interviews and tests during three years.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Happiness_B
Our Classification
Remarks
Happiness measure M-ACO
Operationalization
Composite clinical rank order of happi- ness by 6 staff psychologists, based on two years of experience with the sub- jects  

Assessed 6 months earlier.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-ARE-md-sqr-v-10-a r = +.71 Hedonic level (Elation-Depression Scale) scored each night for the highest, lowest and average of the day.

Mean daily highest mood : r = +.44
Mean daily average mood : r = +.71
Mean daily lowest  mood : r = +.63