Study Brenner (1970): study US 1960
- Public
- Highschool pupils, New York State, USA, 1960
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 5204
- Non Response
- 1%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Participation in extracurricular activities
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 2-item index of open-ended questions on number of extracurricular activities taken part in, and number of hours spent on these activities in an average week.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- having fun in life : Gs = +.07
- tending to be a lonely person : Gs = +.10
- having faith in people : Gs = +.10
- sensitivity to failure : Gs = +.14
- educational level of mother : Gs = +.12
- school social class : Gs = +.12
- self-esteem : Gs = +.12
- tending to be a lonely person, and
having fun in life : Gs = +.07
- having faith in people, and having
fun in life : Gs = +.04
- having faith in people, and tending
to be a lonely person : Gs = +.06
- educational level of mother, and
having fun in life : Gs = +.07
- educational level of mother, and
tending to be a lonely person : Gs = +.08
- educational level of mother, and
having faith in people : Gs = +.09
- school social class, and having
fun in life : Gs = +.06
- school social class, and tending
to be a lonely person : Gs = +.08
- school social class, and having
faith in people : Gs = +.08
- school social class, and educa-
tional level of mother : Gs = +.11
Unaffected by stability of self-image
Unaffected by hours spent on work for pay
Positive in middle and upper class : G = +.14
After control for : Gs = +.10
Negative in lower class : G = -.29
After control for : Gs = -.24
- having fun in life : Gs = +.19
- tending to be a lonely person : Gs = +.21
- having faith in people : Gs = +.21
- sensitivity to failure : Gs = +.24
- educational level of mother : Gs = +.22
- school social class : Gs = +.23
- tending to be a lonely person, and
having fun in life : Gs = +.19
- having faith in people, and having
fun in life : Gs = +.17
- having faith in people, and tending
to be a lonely person : Gs = +.18
- educational level of mother, and
having fun in life : Gs = +.19
- educational level of mother, and
tending to be a lonely person : Gs = +.19
- educational level of mother, and
having faith in people : Gs = +.18
- school social class, and having
fun in life : Gs = +.19
- school social class, and tending
to be a lonely person : Gs = +.20
- school social class, and having
faith in people : Gs = +.21
- school social class, and educa-
tional level of mother : Gs = +.21
Medium and high stability of self-
image : G = +.27
Low stability of self-image : G = +.21
Spent no time on working for pay
spend : G = +.27
Spent some hours on work for pay : G = +.22
Lower class : G = -.13
Middle and upper class : G = +.21
Unaffected by school social class