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Correlational findings

Study Demir et al. (2012): study ZZ Various nation sets 2010

Public
College students, Turkish and Southwestern American Universities, 2010
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 569
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Friendship quality
Our Classification
Remarks
The McGill Friendship Questionnaire-Friend's Functions (Mendelson & Aboud, 1999) was used, it assess the quality of same-sex best friendship
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self-report respondents' assessments of the degree to which a friend (best friendships same-sex only here) fills 6 friendship functions:
a: stimulating companionship
b: help
c: intimacy
d: reliable alliance
e: self-validation
f: emotional security

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-BW-?-mq-v-5-a rs = +.21 p < .005 American sample A-BW-?-mq-v-5-a rs = +.29 p < .001 Turkish sample