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Correlational findings

Study Casas et al. (2003): study ES Cataluna 1999

Public
12-16 aged, secondary schools pupils, Catalunya, Spain, 1999
Sample
Respondents
N = 968
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Administered to whole group of pupils in classroom settings. Adolescents' regular teacher and one or two researchers were present.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Activities to achieve things seen on TV
Our Classification
Remarks
Gender or age have nothing to do with the responses.
Distribution
C: N=489; N= 1: 44,4%, 2: 37,2%, 3: 18,4%.
Operationalization
Analysis of a two-part open-ended question:
Part 1:
A. have you ever seen anyone on tv doing soomething that you would like to do, and you think you could do? Answers were analysed in two ways:
1 yes
2 no.
B. if answer was positive, researchers classified into three answer categories the answers of adolescents who report what they would like doing:
1 related to sport
2 media related activities
3 travelling or adventure activities.
Part2: If you have done it how did you go about doing what you have seen?  Answer categories:
1 nothing
2 training or learning
3 trying or demanding.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SL?-?-sq-?-5-a F = ns Part 2.