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Correlational findings

Study Sears & Barbee (1977): study US 1921

Public
Gifted women (IQ >135), followed 50 years, California, USA, 1921-72
Sample
Respondents
N = 671
Non Response
Attrition in 1972: 25%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews and questionaires

Correlate

Authors's Label
Traits around age 30 (
Our Classification
Remarks
Earlier ratings (1940, 1950) by present happiness (1972). Subjects age in 1972 about 62.
Operationalization
Feelings of inferiority
a. parent rating 1940
b. self rating 1940
c. self rating 1950

Persistence
d. parent rating 1940
e. self rating 1940
f. self rating 1950

Integration
g. parent rating 1940
h. self rating 1940
i. self rating 1950

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = - p < .00 1940 parents rating of feelings of inferiority by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = - p < .00 1940 self rating of feelings of inferiority by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = ns 1950 self rating of inferiority by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = ns 1940 parent rating of persistence by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = ns 1940 self rating of persistence by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = + p < .05 1950 self rating of persistence by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = ns 1940 parent rating of intergration by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = ns 1940 self rating of intergration by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns C-ASG-h-mq-v-5-a AoV = ns 1950 self rating of intergration by 1972 happiness M-PL-h-sq-v-5-b Chi² = ns