Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966
- Public:
- Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 1628
- Non Response:
- 2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5
- Assessment:
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Multiple methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Impulse to aggression
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- A mean of the following four items: "I
feel like swearing", "I feel like losing my temper at people", "I feel like being a little rude to people", "I feel like picking a fight or arguing with my parents" Scale: 1.00 = never true to 5.00 = almost always true.
Assessed at T1, T2, T3 and T4
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness T1 T2 T3 T4
T1 tau = -.34 -.27 -.20 -.19
T2 tau = -.24 -.41 -.25 -.26
T3 tau = -.18 -.32 -.37 -.26
T4 tau = -.20 -.31 -.30 -.41
All tau's significant (001)
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970