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
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Interview: face-to-face
Interviews, tests and questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Internal control
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- A mean of items adapted from the Rotter internality scale (see Rotter, 1966)
Scale: 1.00 = low to 2.00 = high internal control. Assessed at T1, T2, T3 and T4
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness T1 T2 T3 T4
T1 tau = +.21 +.14 +.14 +.13
T2 tau = +.12 (01) +.21 +.19 +.19
T3 tau = +.10 (01) +.14 +.23 +.20
T4 tau = +.13 +.15 +.21 +.28
All tau's significant with (001) unless indicated otherwise
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970