Study Block (1971): study US 1936
- Public
- Highschool pupils, followed from age 11 to 35, USA, 1936-1957
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 160
- Non Response
- 65% dropout, 11% incomplete data
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Interviews and tests
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Earlier cheerfulness
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Rating on the basis of interview-protocols by independent judges of cheerfulness as personality descriptive variable from most uncharacteristic to most characteristic of the subject. Rated on a scale ranging from 1 to 9.
Happiness assessed at:
T1: junior high school: age 11-14,±1936
T2: senior high school: age 14-17,±1942
T3: fourth decade: age 28-35,±1957
Observed Relation with Happiness
males: r=+.57 (001)
r corrected for attenuation =+.75
females: r=+.50 (001)
r corrected for attenuation =+.69
Females tend to become less happy between T1 and T2. The individual rankorder is largly maintained (conclusion based on corrected r).
males: r=+.26 (05)
r corrected for attenuation =+.34
females: r=+.36 (001)
r corrected for attenuation =+.46
Females tend to become more happy between T2 and T3. The individual rankorder changes considerably
(conclusion based on corrected r).