Study Hetherington et al. (1976): study US 1974
- Public
- Parents, followed 3 years, USA, 197?-7?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 96
- Non Response
- 33 %
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Observation, interview and questionnaire (daily record)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Time since divorced
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Happiness assessed at T1, T2 and T3
T1: two months after divorce
T2: one year after divorce
T3: three years after divorce
Happiness assessed by focussed interviews, the tapes of which were rated by two independent raters.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Despite this improvement the divorced parents remained less happy than married parents.