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Correlational findings

Study Armsden & Greenberg (1987): study US 1986

Public
Undergraduate students, USA, 1982
Sample
Respondents
N = 86
Non Response
?
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Life change
Our Classification
Remarks
Life Events Checklist (Johnson & McCutcheon 1980)
Operationalization
Selfreport on 47 item list of events scored for:
a) whether it occured in the past year, and if so,
b) type of impact(positive or negative) and
c) degree of impact (some,moderate or great). The scores used here are impact ratings for positively and negatively
rated events separately.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b r = +38 Perceived impact of positively rated events
O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b r = -33 Perceived impact of negatively rated events