Study Ventegodt (1997): study DK 1993

Public

31-33 aged, born at the university hospital, Denmark, 1993

Sample

Respondents

N = 4626

Non Response

36%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Data were taken from the medical files of mothers and their babies

Correlate

Authors's Label

Hanging reflex

Our Classification

Distribution

N day 1 all:4196,  1a:20,6%,   1b:0,3%,   2a:0,2%,   2b:0,2%,   2c:0,2%,   2d:0,2%,   3:7,3%,   4:71,1%
N day 5 all:4081,   1:18,9%,   2:0,1%,   3:9,3%,   4:71,7%

Operationalization

Hanging reflex in the first days after birth as reported in medical file
1a: bilateral extension
1b: no movement
2a: right only flexion
2b: right only extension
2c: left only flexion
2d: left only extension
3:  bilateral,both moving
4:  bilateral flexion
Assessed at day 1 and day 5

Observed Relation with Happiness