Study Lowenthal & Chiriboga (1973): study US 1969

Public

People in transition, metropolis, USA, 1969

Sample

Respondents

N = 216

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Half-structured focused interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Mental health: complexity

Our Classification

Operationalization

Resource-deficit configuration: the high/high combination is the most "complex", the low/low combination the most "simple".
A. Resources (aspects of positive mental health)
   13 characteristics, such as:
   - familial mutuality
   - insight
   - competence
   - self-satisfaction, etc.
   rated on the basis of an interview protocol.
B. Deficits (aspects of negative mental health):
   5 ratings of mental impairment based on scores on a symptom inventory and analysis of the interview protocol.

Both resource level and deficit levels were devided in three categories: high, middle, low. This allowed nine combinations:
9:  high/high
*: high/middle
:
:
1: low/low

Observed Relation with Happiness