Study Balkin (1968): study US 1964

Public

40-50 aged, female therapy clients, followed 4 weeks, USA 196?

Sample

Respondents

N = 100

Non Response

Assessment

Diary
Feelings over a period of four weeks were asessed with the Personal Feeling Scales of Wessman and Ricks.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Psycho-therapy

Our Classification

Remarks

Ad a: initial evaluation of 2 to 5 interviews, accepted for treatment. Ad b: duration of therapy varied from 1 .0 to 5.8 years wit a mean of 2.5 years; the time since termination of therapy varied from 1.0 to 8.8 years with a mean of 3.7 years. Ad c: person, who had never sought therapy.

Distribution

N = a: 32, b: 35, c: 33

Operationalization

A: pre-therapy therapy seekers
B: post-therapy therapy clients
C: non-therapy (controls)

Observed Relation with Happiness