Study Fengler et al. (1983): study US Vermont 1978

Public

Elderly, Vermont, USA, 1978

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 1400

Non Response

< 10%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Interview at home of respondent. Interviewers were mostly women with some advanced education. All interviewers had received a training.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Consonance of correlation with Enthusiasm and Detachtment

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Eigen value: A 2,9; B 1,8 Inter-correlatin: A: .37 (range .27 to .45); B: .51 (range -43 to -61)

Remarks

Naming of factors differed from usual - Positive Affect was named ENTHUSIASM - Negative Affect was named DETACHMENT

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Consonance of A Positive Affect and B  Negative Affect, which were measured as a factor in responses to a 7-item variant of the Bradburn Affec Balance Scale on feeling experienced in the last 4 weeks

A  Items in factorr Potitive Affect (PA)
    Aa Felt lonely or remote from pleaple
    Ab Felt bored
    Ac Felt depressed
B  Items in factor Negative Affect (NA)
    Ba Felt proud because of an accomplishment
    Bb Felt bored
    Bc  Felt depressed

Observed Relation with Happiness