Study Watson & Slack (1993): study US Texas 1984
- Public
- University personnel, United States, followed 4 years, 1984-1988
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 82
- Non Response
- 21.9%
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
self reports on questionnaires and rating by experts
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Motor skills
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Interrater reliability = 0.95
- Remarks
- Dictionary of Job Titles (U.S. Department of Labor, 1977), Reiss, 1961
- Distribution
- M = 4.56; sd = 2.09
- Operationalization
- Interviewer rating on motor skills of occupation:
- Does this occupation involve greater motor coordination, manuel and finger dexterity, etc.?
Two independent raters read brief job description from each employee, placed him or her into the appropriate occupational category and assigned the corresponding ratings.
Scored: 0-10
Observed Relation with Happiness
positive affect: r = -.16 (ns)
negative affect: r = +.07 (ns)
Correlation with affect balance not reported, but must be negative, significance undetermined.
positive affect: r = -.12 (ns)
negative affect: r = +.11 (ns)
Correlation with affect balance not reported, but must be negative, significance undetermined.