7
Leaving the house to socialise
Individuals were asked three questions about leaving the house, both before receiving the Cadwyn Môn
programme, and then again in the weeks following completion.
The Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al.,1985) assessed well-being of individuals both before and after the
befriending service.
Changes in
quantitative outcomes
Figure 1: Leaving
the house to
socialise/see
people (%)
Figure 2: Well-being (%)
37.1
9.7
3.1
40.3
33.9
16.5
13.4
15.5
8.1
1.6
6.5
14.4
Never
At least
monthly
At least
weekly
2-3 times
a week
Daily
Less
often
Baseline Follow up
4.0
6.8
15.8
23.7
28.8
23.0
21.2
18.6
10.2
9.6
0.8
37.3
Baseline Follow up
Love life and feel that
things are going very well.
Like life, feel that things are
mostly good.
Generally satisfied, but have
areas of life where they very
much want improvement.
Small but significant problems in
several areas of their lives, or one area
representing a substantial problem.
A number of areas of life are not going
well, with one or two being very bad.
Extreme unhappiness with
current life.
Very high score/
highly satisfied
High
satisfaction
Average
satisfaction
Slightly below
average
Dissatisfied
Extremely
dissatisfied
Satisfaction with life
