Study Bogart et al. (2007): study US 2001
- Public
- 29 aged, USA, 2001
- Survey name
- US-RAND Adolescent/Young adult panel 2001
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2376
- Non Response
- 64% in 2001 follow-up
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
mailed questionnaire
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Social skills at age 18
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- assessed at age 18
- Distribution
- Cronbach alpha .77
- Operationalization
- Self report of social skills with opposite sex on 4 questions e.g : "I am comfortable talking to members of opposite sex"
4: strongly disagree
;
1: strongly agree
Observed Relation with Happiness
OR controled for age 18
- socio-demographics
- parental education
- gender
- ethnicity
- social environment
- peer support
- parental support
- individual characteristics
- mental health
- loneliness
- deviance
Slightly less positive when additionally controlled for current (age 29)
- social position
- poor health
Unaffected by current substance use