Study Chiriboga & Lowenthal (1971): study US 1969
- Public
- People in transition, metropolis, USA, 1969
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 216
- Non Response
- -
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Depth interviews and tests, (± 9 hours)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Psychological deficits (mental illness)
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 10 indicators of psychological deficits including number of symptoms mentioned, plus a psychiatrist's ratings of the degree of psychopathology implicit in each symptom response, long- and short- term symptoms, and total symptom response set per respondent; Gottschalk anxiety scores, derived from TAT cards, global ratings by a interdisciplinary team of social scientists on perceived stress, stress impact, degree and direction of impairment.
Observed Relation with Happiness
No relationships with positive affect were found.