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 & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaires completed in c lass and at home

Correlate

Authors's Label

Psycho-social development

Our Classification

Remarks

Analysis on the basis of the 16 most happy and 16 least happy Ss in each of the 8 sex/class groups (N-256). The same items as in the Wessman & Ricks study were used. In this study each item was rated on a 7-point scale ranging from 'definitely most uncharacteristic of you' to 'definitely most characteristic of you'. Significance and elaboration were based on Analysis of Variance.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

60-item inventory describing characte- ristics indicative of successful and unsuccessful resolutions of the first six developmental crises of Erikson's stages of psycho-social development (adapted from Wessman & Ricks; see last pages).

               
              
                  
1a. Successful first stage: basic trust

1b. Unsuccessful firit stage: basic
    mistrust.

2a. Successful second stage: autonomy.
            

2b. Unsuccessful second stage: shame
    and doubt.

3a. Successful third stage: initiative.

3b. Unsuccessful third stage: guilt.
            
                 
               
4a. Successful fourth stage: industry.

4b. Unsuccessful fourth stage:   
    inferiority.

5a. Successful fifth stage: identity.
            

              
5b. Unsuccessful fifth stage: identity
    diffusion.

6a. Successful sixth stage: intimacy.

6b. Unsuccessful sixth stage: isolation

Observed Relation with Happiness