Study Sullivan et al. (1991): study US 1988
- Public
- Former inpatients of mental hospital, Mississipi, 1988
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 130
- Non Response
- 22%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
At home by mental health case managers
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- normal vs mentally ill
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Samples b and c from Andrews and Withey(1976)
- Distribution
- N: 1a=1,297, 1b=122, 1c=106, 2a=101, 2b=278, 2c=66
- Operationalization
- 1 Non-mentally-ill
a national population
b low socio-economic subsample
c black-subsample
2 Seriously mentally ill
a Missisippi
b Los Angeles
c Maryland
Observed Relation with Happiness
a national population M = 5.4
b low socio-economic M = 5.1
c black-subsample M = 4.8
2 seriously mentally ill M = 4.7
a Missisippi M = 5.3
b Los Angeles M = 4.4
c Maryland M = 5.2