| Study | Arampatzi et al. (2018): study NL 2012 |
| Title | Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, Vol. 19, 99 - 122. |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10902-016-9808-z.pdf |
| Public | 15-44 aged, internet users, The Netherlands, 2012-2013 |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 1944 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Time per week spent on social network sites |
| Page in Source | T1,3,5,AppendixA |
| Our classification | Internet, social media |
| Operationalization | Time spent on social network sites (x10h) |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-HL-u-sq-n-11-j | r=-.12 p < .05 | |
| O-HL-u-sq-n-11-j | Beta=-.02 ns | Beta controlled for: - time spent on internet (other) - time spent on online games - trust in people - gender - age - employment status - marital status - education - year dummies Beta not significantly affected by additional control for: - infrequent contact with friends - infrequent contact with family - satisfaction with social contacts - social loneliness |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-u-sq-n-11-j | Selfreport on single question: On the whole, how happy would you say you are? 10 totally happy 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 totally unhappy |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| Beta | STANDARDIZED REGRESSION COEFFICIENT by LEAST SQUARES (OLS) Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric. Range: [-1 ; +1] Meaning: beta > 0 « a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average. beta < 0 « a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average. beta = 0 « no correlation. beta = + 1 or -1 « perfect correlation. |
| r | PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient') Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: r = 0 « no correlation , r = 1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and r = -1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values. |