Study Chiriboga & Lowenthal (1971): study US 1969

Public

People in transition, metropolis, USA, 1969

Sample

Respondents

N = 216

Non Response

-

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Depth interviews and tests, (± 9 hours)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Psychological deficits (mental illness)

Our Classification

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