Study Brooks & McKinlay (1983): study GB 1980

Public:

Severely head injured patients, Glasgow UK, 1980-82

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 55

Non Response:

Assessment:

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

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