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

Interview: face-to-face
completed questionnaires at Concordia University T2: 12 months after T1

Correlate

Authors's Label

Perceived social support

Our Classification

Error Estimates

T1: internal consistency availability of support alpha=.93 satisfaction with support alpha=.95 Internal reliability:satisfaction with support T1 = .94, T2 = .94

Remarks

(Sarason, Levine, Basham, & Sarason, 1983) T2: 12 months later after T1

Distribution

Study 1:
Perceived availability of support
M=3.71, SD=1.7
satisfaction with support
M=5.12, SD=0.85

Study 2
T1 satisfaction with support :
M=5.13, SD=0.78
T2 satisfaction with support
M=5.10, SD=0.90

Operationalization

10-question version of the Social Support Questionnaire, assesses two aspects of perceived support,
A perceived availability of support
B satisfaction with the availability support
across different domains including instrumental, emotional, and informational support
 
Participants list the initials and their relationship for a maximum of 9 people in their social network that they felt they could "count on" to provide support (e.g., Whom can you really count on to listen to you when you need to talk?),
 
6 very satisfied
5
4
3
2
1 very dissatisfied

Observed Relation with Happiness