Study Chiriboga (1982a): study US 1969
- Public
- People in transition followed 11 years, metropolis, USA, 1969-1980
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 163
- Non Response
- Attrition after 11 years 24%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Lengthy interviews
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Earlier and current stress
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Number of events during past year as rated on a 138-item Life Event Inventory. Sumscore weighted by preoccupation with event (how often S says to think of it).
Inventory administered three times:
-recently (T5:1980)
-4 years ago (T4:1976)
-6 years ago (T3:1974)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Males Females
recent T5:1980 r= -.36(01) r= -.44(01)
4 years ago T4:1976 r= -.15 ns r= -.24(05)
6 years ago T3:1974 r= -.03 ns r= .00(ns)
Positive events by T5 happiness
Males Females
recent T5:1980 r= + 26(05) r= +.23(05)
4 years ago T4:1976 r= +.12 ns r= +.07(ns)
6 years ago T3:1974 r= +.07 ns r= -.01(ns)