| Selfreport on single question: Will people of your age get the things they want most in life.....? 4 I expect to get almost all the things I really want in life 3 I will probably get more of the things I want than not 2 There are several things I want in life but will probably not get 1 I will probably never get most of the things I really want in life | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, C-W | Contentment: getting things Wanted |
| Time frame, u | time unspecified |
| Mode, sq | 1 question |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 4 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Tuddenham (1962): study US 1938 |
| Title | Constancy of Personal Morale over a Fifteen-Year Interval. |
| Public | Senior high-school pupils, followed into adulthood, USA, 1938-53 |