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

Biceps reflex at age one

Our Classification

Remarks

The biceps reflex is elicited by placing your thumb on the biceps tendon and striking your thumb with the reflex hammer and observing the arm movement. Repeat and compare with the other arm.

Distribution

N all:3289,  1a:1,0%,   1b:97,8%,   2a:0,2%,   2b:0,3%,   2c:0,3%,   2d:0,4%

Operationalization

Biceps reflex at age one as reported in medical file
1:normal
  1a: cannot elicit, not relaxed
  1b: both normal
2:abnormal
  2a: cannot elicit, despite relaxation
  2b: right lively
  2c: left lively
  2d: both lively

Observed Relation with Happiness