Study Brooks & McKinlay (1983): study GB 1980
- Public:
- Severely head injured patients, Glasgow UK, 1980-82
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 55
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
completed by close relatives. Close relatives defined as the person with the main responsibility for the patient was interviewed at 3, 6 and 12 month after injury.
Correlate
- Authors's label
- change happiness after injury
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Rating happiness by close relatives
a before injury (retropectively)
b 12 months after injury
This rating was part of an 'personality adjective checklist which intimate informats rated as the patient was BEFORE injury and NOW at the time of the interview
Observed Relation with Happiness
Before injury 85%
After injury 50%
-difference -35%