Study Beaman (2010): study CA 2005
- Public
- Recent retirees, Canada, followed 1 year, 200/-200/
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 327
- Non Response
- T1:26,8%, T2:12,8%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
completed questionnaires at Concordia University T2: 12 months after T1
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Gender
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- recoded by WDH team original 0 male, 1 female T2: 12 months later after T1
- Distribution
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T1: male=46%, female=54%
T2: male=46%, female=54% - Operationalization
- 1 male
0 female
Observed Relation with Happiness
PA: Beta = -.19 (01)
NA: Beta = -.12 (01)
Correlation with ABS not reported, but must be about zero since since positive and negative affects balance out. Males are just less emotional
Beta controlled for T1:
- age
- health
- finances
- duration retired
- emotional awareness
- positive interactions
- negative interactions
- perceived availability of support
- perceived satisfaction with support
Total effect in Fig.2
PA= 0.15+(0.21*0.23*0.26)= +.162558
NA= +.16
PA: Beta = -.08 (ns)
NA: Beta = -.13 (05)
Correlation with ABS not reported, but must be about zero since since positive and negative affects balance out. Males are just less emotional
Beta with T2 happiness controlled for
- T1 happiness (to capture change)
- T2 health
- T2 finances
- T2 duration retired
- T2 emotional awareness
- T1 positive interactions
- T2 positive interactions
- T1 negative interactions
- T2 negative interactions
- T1 perceived satisfaction with support
- T2 perceived satisfaction with support
Total effect in Fig.2
PA = 0.28*0.2*0.71*0.17 = +.0067592
NA = no direct or indirect effect