Study Berry & Williams (1987): study US Indiana 1986

Public

Couples, Indiana, USA, 1986

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 265

Non Response

36% of the eligibles

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Personal interview for one spouse + additional questionnaires for the other spouse and adolescent(s)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Communication

Our Classification

Distribution

Wives: Mean: 8.02, SD: 1.35
Husbands: Mean: 7.57, SD: 1.67

Operationalization

Selfreport on 2 questions:
a: How often do you and your spouse talk over pleasant things that happen during the day?
b: How often do you and your spouse talk over unpleasant things that happen during the day?

Each rated: on a 5-point scale
'never'
.
.
'very frequently'

Observed Relation with Happiness