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Correlational findings

Study Chiriboga (1975): study US 1969

Public
People in transition, metropolis, USA, 1969
Sample
Respondents
N = 216
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Lengthy interviews

Correlate

Authors's Label
Self-criticism
Our Classification
Operationalization
The number of characteristics the respondent indicated were true of himself but wished he did not have.
The 70 adjectives of the Adjective Rating List (Block,1961) were used.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.62 p < .01 High school: men M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.35 p < .10 High school: women M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.45 p < .05 Newly weds: men M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = ns Newly weds: women M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.41 p < .10 Middle aged: men M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = ns Middle aged: women M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.32 p < .10 Preretirement: men M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.31 p < .10 Preretirement: women M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.33 p < .01 Younger: high school seniors + mewly weds M-AO-u-mq-*-*-c r = -.23 p < .05 Older: middle aged parents + elderly planning to retire A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = ns High school: men A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = -.33 p < .10 High school: women A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = ns Newly weds: men A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = -.36 p < .10 Newly weds: women A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = -.36 p < .10 Preretirement: men A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = -.33 p < .10 Preretirement: women A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = -.26 p < .01 Younger: high school seniors + mewly weds A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-b r = -.20 p < .05 Older: middle aged parents + elderly planning to retire