Study Gall et al. (1997): study US 1971

Public

University students, USA, 1971

Sample

Respondents

N = 86

Non Response

-

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
And content analysis

Correlate

Authors's Label

Relative affect balance_A

Our Classification

Operationalization

Ratio of percent of day in happy moods over percent of day in unhappy moods as assessed using the following questions:
A What percentage of the time you were awake today did you feel happy?
B What percentage of the time did you feel unhappy?
C What percentage of the time did you feel neutral (neither happy nor unhappy)

Ss were told that the three percentages should add up to equal 100%

Observed Relation with Happiness