Study Chiriboga & Cutler (1977): study US 1977
- Public
- Recently divorced, California, USA,1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 252
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Interview with both structured and open questions
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Stress response to divorce
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Respondents were interrogated about 23
aspects of adaptation in 6 phases of the divorce proces.
Aspects of adaptation were a.o. sleeping, worries, weightlose, smoking
and drinking.
Phases were: before decision, during
decision, at final separation, at filing of decree, at final decree and the present situation.
By means of cluster analysis 6 types of
response were identified, ranging from least to most stressfull.
1: resolving
2: resolved
3: minimal involvement
4: mixed
5: somatizors
6: personal crisis
Observed Relation with Happiness
2: resolved M = 1.65 Mt' = 3.3
3: maximal involvement M = 1.91 Mt' = 4.6
4: mixed M = 1.92 Mt' = 4.6
5: somatizors M = 2.20 Mt' = 6.0
6: personal crisis M = 2.50 Mt' = 7.5
2: resolved M = 17.22
3: minimal involvement M = 15.83
4: mixed M = 16.92
5: somatizors M = 14.95
6: personal crisis M = 12.67
No Mt' computed because of unknown range of
indicator.
2: resolved M = 1.65 Mt = 3.3
3: maximal involvement M = 1.91 Mt = 4.6
4: mixed M = 1.92 Mt = 4.6
5: somatizors M = 2.20 Mt = 6.0
6: personal crisis M = 2.50 Mt' = 7.5