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Correlational findings

Study Hacker & Gaitz (1969): study US 1966

Public
Aged mental patients, 1 year after admission, USA, 1966
Sample
Respondents
N = 36
Non Response
66% drop-outs: 33% dead, 17% could not be located, 16% inco-herent or refusal.
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
using open-ended questions, spaced one year apart.

Correlate

Authors's Label
In treatment
Our Classification
Operationalization
0 Expatients: released (N=18)         
1 Inpatients: still in hospital (N=18)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a = - p < .05 Significant differences for the Index of Negative Affects only.