Study Smits et al. (1995): study NL 1992
- Public:
- Elderly, Sassenheim, the Netherlands, 1992
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 119
- Non Response:
- 24,4%
- Assessment:
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Interview: face-to-face
Interview and additional questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's label
- mastery
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on five items.
Typical question: "I have little control over the things that happen to me."
Five-item version of Mastery scale Pearlin and Schooler.Scale translated by Ormel, Kempen, Steverink et al.
Observed Relation with Happiness
negative affect = -.14 (ns)
- gender
- neuroticism
- sense of coherence
- social inadequacy