Study Constantinople (1965): study US 1965

Public:

College students, University of Rochester, USA, 196?

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 952

Non Response:

30% (take home questionnaire).

Assessment:

Questionnaire: paper
Questionnaires completed in c lass and at home

Correlate

Authors's Label

Attitude toward college

Our Classification

Remarks

Correlations of the Elation-Depression Scale with both the individual subjective relevance scores and the Rochester instrumentality scores for each goal indicate that happiness is more closely associated with perceived Rochester instrumentality than with subjective relevance of each goal. In most cases the correlations of happiness with the subjective relevance scores are less than .10 (ns).

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Product score of the subjective relevance of the goal mentioned and perceived instrumentality of the University of Rochester for the attainment of that goal; as assessed by a 14-item inventory of important goals (Perceived Instrumentality of College Test).
                          
                          
1. Learning how to learn from books and    teachers.
                
              
               
2. Acquiring an appreciation of ideas.
                
                         
                             
                       
3. Establishing own personal, social      and academic values.
                  
                 
                         
4. Developing relationships with the      opposite sex.
                    
                      
                      
5. Contributing in a distinguished,
   meaningful manner to some campus      group.
                        
                      
6. Developing the ability to get along
   with different kinds of people.
               
                       
                     
7. Becoming self-confident.
                 
                     
                     
                     
8. Personal independence.
                
                   
                  
                   
9. Finding a spouse.
             
               
                 
                  
10. Achieving academic distinction.
              
               
                
              
11. Having many good friends.
             
                
           
             
12. Discovering own strong points and      limitations.
             
                
                     
13. Preparing for a career which begins
    right after graduation.
                 
                
                
14. Preparing for a career which        requires further study beyond the
    B.A. or B.S.

Observed Relation with Happiness