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Correlational findings

Study Langeveld (1998): study NL 1992

Public
Secundary school pupils, Netherlands, 199?
Sample
Respondents
N = 223
Non Response
3%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Students completed the first version of the QLH-Y simultaneously in class.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Optimism about future
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Alpha=.82
Distribution
M/nx=1.47; SD/nx=.78 (nx= number if items in the subscale)
Operationalization
Selfreport on 3 questions about feelings in the last week
- I thought that later everything will be fine
- I thought that I will be happy in the future

Rated on an 4-point numerical scale
0= rarely or never/not at all
1= sometimes/a little
2= often/quite a bit
3= very often or always/very much

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-cw-sq-ol-11-a r = +.21 p < .001