Study Veroff et al. (1981): study US 1976
- Public
- 21+ aged, general public, USA, 1976
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2264
- Non Response
- 29%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Sources of unhappiness
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Open-ended question: "What are some of
the things you're not too happy about these days?".
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Economic and material -.05 -.07
- Children -.10 -.05
- Marriage -.10 -.10
- Other interpersonal -.10 -.09
- Job -.02 -.05
- Own health -.11 -.05
- Family's health -.07 -.03
- Independence - -
- Personal char. +.03 +.05
- Community, national
and world problems +.03 +.04