Study Moriwaki (1973): study US 1971

Public

60+ aged, retirees, Los Angeles County, USA, 1971

Sample

Respondents

N = 71

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Supported self- disclosure

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Number of important life areas for which support for self-disclosure from significant others is perceived. Those persons one considers to be close and with whom one can feel free and talk about personal things were considered as 'significant others'.

Measurement by means of Supported Self-
Disclosure Index (see Jourard & Lasakow, 1958), modified to include 38 content areas of concern to the elderly, including changes in social relations with age, status and role changes, bodily changes, self-feelings, financial and material problems, and health problems.

Observed Relation with Happiness