Study Crnic et al. (1983): study US 1981

Public

16-42 aged mothers with newborns, Seattle, USA, 197?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 105

Non Response

30%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
structured 1,5 hour home interview when infant was home from hospital 1 month

Correlate

Authors's Label

Stress

Our Classification

Remarks

Life Experience Survey (LES, Sarason, Johnson, & Siegel 1978). No significant differences have been found between mothers of premature infants and mothers of full-term infants .

Operationalization

Self report on a series of 46 life events as
- having occurred or not occurred
- whether the impact was 'good' or 'bad
- the degree of the effect (none, some, moderate, great)

Observed Relation with Happiness