Study Kellerman et al. (1977): study US 1972

Public

Children hospitalized with cancer, US, 197?

Sample

Respondents

N = 7

Non Response

Assessment

Behavioural observation
Rated 3 times daily(per 8 hours) along 64 behavioral dimensions by nurse

Correlate

Authors's Label

Talking about illness

Our Classification

Remarks

rating 3 or 4 was operationalized as a disease-related communication

Distribution

The overall rate of communication (the number of disease-related communication devided by the total number of rationg ): M=8.1% , SD= 5.6

Operationalization

Taking about illness was rated by nurse during 3 times a day during ?days
1= never
2= rarely
3= sometimes
4= often

Observed Relation with Happiness