Study Diwan et al. (2004): study US Atlanta, Georgia 1999

Public

Elderly immigrants, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 1999

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 226

Non Response

38.08%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Mastery

Our Classification

Error Estimates

The reliability (alpha) coefficient is 0.79

Remarks

Pearlin and Schooler (1978) mastery scale.

Distribution

M= 12.7

Operationalization

Self-report on five questions:
A: I feel helpless in dealing with the problems of life.
B: I have little control over the things that happen to me.
C: There is really no way I can solve some of the problems I have.
D: There is little I can do to change many of the important things in my life.
E: I feel that I'm being pushed around in life.

The answer options are:
1: most of the time
2: some of the time
3: hardly ever
Scale is 5 to 15

Observed Relation with Happiness