Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Rosenfield (1992): study US 1988

Public: 20-70 aged, chronic mental patients, USA, 1989
Sample
Respondents: N = 157
Non Response: 7%
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face
By clinical psychologists and psychiatric nurses.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Basic Needs- services recieved

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Test-Retest reliability .62

Operationalization

Selfreport on questions whether (or not) one received this type of services in the last month
a: Help with housing
b: Help with finances
c: Club loan
d: Help with medical care

Options:
0: no
1: yes

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a

Beta = -.17 ns

Housing services

O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a

Beta = +.23 p < .10

Financial services

O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a

Beta = -.03 ns

Club loan

O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a

Beta = +.13 ns

Help with medical care

O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a

Beta = +.01 ns

Any of the above mentioned services (vs none)

Beta's controlled for:
- Background characteristics
  - age
  - sex
  - education
  - race
- Clinical characteristics of positive and negative symptoms
- Functioning in terms of:
  - daily living skills
  - vocational skills
  - social skills
- need for structure
- need for supervision
- social contacts