Study Kleiboer (2006): study NL 2001
- Public:
- MS patients and their spouse, The Netherlands, 200?
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 140
- Non Response:
- 12,9%
- Assessment:
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Diary
Self report checklist and an electronic diary kept during 14 days.
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Negative reactions of partner
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on four questions:
Did it happen today that your partner..
a: made disapproving remarks on you
b: avoided you
c: hurt your feelings
d: demended a lot of you?
Rated: 0 (not at all) to 3 (very much)
Coded:
0 no negative reactions at all
1 one or more negative reactions during the 14 day period
Observed Relation with Happiness
No negative reactions M = 0,97 M = 1,11
Negative reactions M = 0,92 M = 1,00
difference -0,05 -0,11
No significant difference in Positive nor Negative Affect, and hence neither in Affect Balance