Study Mitchell (1972): study HK 1967
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Hong Kong, 1967
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3966
- Non Response
- 21%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Emotional illness
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 11 item index. Typical items are :
- Your hands sweat so that you feel
damp and clammy.
- You have nightmares.
- You lose your appetite.
For each item, the respondent was asked
if he experienced the symptom
many times/sometimes/hardly ever/never.
Many times or sometimes (score 1 ,hardly ever or never : score 0) were
considered as an indicator of emotional
strain (item analysis, fact validity of
the answer categories).Those with four
or more of these strains were labelled
emotionally ill ; those with three or
less are considered to be healthy.
Score range : 0 - 11.
Observed Relation with Happiness
linear
There is a stronger connection between illness and unhappiness when there is lower social
involvement.