Study Briscoe (1982): study GB 1977
- Public
- Married couples with high incidence of minor psychiatric problems, London, U.K., 1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 100
- Non Response
- 11%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Male sex
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 0 Female (wives)
1 Males (husbands)
Observed Relation with Happiness
-Ss has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 3.12
-wife has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 4.03
Females:-all
-Ss has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 1.74
-husband has minor psychiatric problems Mt'= 1.83
very happy 38% 38%
fairly happy 60% 50%
not too happy 2% 12%
Reversed in national control group, see HALL 76.
-Ss has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 7.7
-wife has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 8.3
Wives:-all
-Ss has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 7.6
-husband has minor psychiatric illness Mt'= 7.4