Study Holahan et al. (1999): study US 1960
- Public
- Gifted (IQ>135) followed unto old age, USA, 1960-1992
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 383
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Repeated, with questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Lived up to ability
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- T1:1960, T2:1972, T3:1992
- Distribution
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T2
N: 1=115, 2=223 - Operationalization
- Self-appraisal of having lived up to abilities.
Participants were asked "On the whole, how well do you think you have lived up to your intellectual abilities?" Responses were coded in two categories
1: did not live-up
2: lived-up
Assessed at T1 (1960)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Men 1.M=3.71 SD=0.89
2.M=4.15 SD=0.85
Women 1.M=3.76 SD=1.08
In univariate analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) there was a significant lived-up effect:
F(1,332)= 13.85, MSE=.82 p<0.001
2.M=4.19 SD=0.92
In univariate analyses of covariance(ANCOVAs) there was a significant lived-up effect:
F(1,310)=10,65, MSE=.84, p<.05
Univariate analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) was significant for lived-up:
F(1,355)=10.71, MSE=2,25, p<.001
LISREL analysis showed no direct link when T2 perceid goal relization was controled.