Study Moen et al. (1995): study US 1956
- Public
- Mothers USA, followed 30 years 1956-1986
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 313
- Non Response
- 20
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
And questionnaire. In 1986 also extensive life history data were collected.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Current role conflict
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Possible range 0-5
- Operationalization
- Ss were asked how much conflict or difficulty they felt between five different role combinations. These number of role combinations each respondent desribed as creating great or moderate conflict are totaled to derive a role conflict scale ranging from zero to five.
Assessed at T2 (1986)
Observed Relation with Happiness
- low Ma = 3,20
- high Ma = 1,15
Ma role conflict controled for:
- age
- T2 marital status
- T2 education