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

Interview: face-to-face
Repeated, with questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Current satisfaction with things wanted earlier

Our Classification

Remarks

T1: 1960, T2: 1972, T3: 1992

Operationalization

Discrepancy between recalled goals in early adulthood and current satisfaction in goal fields.
Participants were asked to rate the importance of their life-goals in the plans they made in early adulthood for: 'occupational succes', 'family life' and 'joy in living'. They were also asked to rate their current (age 61) satisfaction in these domains. Next scores were subtracted.
Assessed at T2 (1972)

Observed Relation with Happiness