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Correlational findings

Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966

Public
Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74
Sample
Respondents
N = 1628
Non Response
2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label
Acceptance of social values
Our Classification
Operationalization
Selfreport on questions designed to tap values that are highly approved in the United States, consisting of six indexes:
a: honesty (7 items),
b: kindness (4 items),
c: reciprocity (7 items)
d: self-control (5 items)
e: social responsibility (4 items)
f: social skills (6 items).
1.00 = low approva
:
6.00 = high approval of social values

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = + p < .001                   Acceptance of social values
Happiness        T1       T2       T3       T4
T1        tau = +.28     +.22     +.19     +.15
T2        tau = +.20     +.34     +.21     +.25
T3        tau = +.18     +.26     +.33     +.25
T4        tau = +.14     +.21     +.24     +.34
All tau's significant (001)
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970