Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966 /1

Public

Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74

Sample

Respondents

N = 2213

Non Response

2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Interviews, tests and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Parental punitiveness

Our Classification

Operationalization

Index of 10 items at T1 in which the respondent rated his parents on how often they did such things as 'take away your privileges', 'threaten to slap you', 'yell, shout or scream at you', 'disagree about punishing you', etc. Scale: 1.00 = never, 5.00 = always

Observed Relation with Happiness