Study Rosenberg (1962): study US 1960
- Public
- High school pupils, New York, USA,1960
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1618
- Non Response
- 1% because of inadequate answers
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Religious dissonanceof social context
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 0 Mixed/Consonant
1 Dissonant neighbourhood
The neighbourhood were one lived (longest) when one grew up was rated as either "dissonant" or "consonant" on the basis of a direct open question on the religious affiliation of most of the people in that neighbourhood (more than 50% different from ones own religion rated "dissonant", less than 50% "mixed" or "consonant").
Observed Relation with Happiness
Lower when controlled for recall of prejudice experience.
Variable with cultural similarity:
-Catholics who grew up in Protestant area happier
than those who grew up in Jewish area,
-Protestants who grew up in Catholic area happier
than those who grew up in Jewish area,
-Jews who grew up in Protestant area happier than
those who grew up in Catholic area.