Study Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980

Public

Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992

Survey name

US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course

Sample

Respondents

N = 1150

Non Response

35%

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Psychological Distress

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at T2(1983) and T4(1992)

Distribution

At T4: M=12.68, SD=2.18, Range 8-24
At T2: M=12.60, SD=2.45, Range 8-24

Operationalization

8 itmes from Langner's(1962) scale of psychiatric symptoms indicating impairment.

Observed Relation with Happiness