Study Seidlitz & Diener (1993): study US 1988 /1

Public

Psychology students, selected for earlier happiness, USA, 198?

Sample

Respondents

N = 94

Non Response

28%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Correlate

Authors's Label

Balance of recalled life-events (checklist)

Our Classification

Operationalization

Ss completed a checklist of 80 events, on which they marked those that had occurred in three time-periods ( past 3 years, past year or past month).
Half the events on the list were 'concrete' f.e.: got married or fell ill; the other half 'interpretative': f.e.: improved character or received support.

Half the events were positive; the other half negative

Observed Relation with Happiness