Study Lowenthal & Chiriboga (1973): study US 1969
- Public
- People in transition, metropolis, USA, 1969
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 216
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Half-structured focused interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Cumulative stress
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Number of challenging life-events from birth to few years prior to the interview.
Assessed by inspection of life-graphs and focused questions.
Observed Relation with Happiness
(positively correlated with happiness among middle-aged, negatively among pre-retirees)