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Correlational findings

Study Crnic et al. (1983): study US 1981

Public
16-42 aged mothers with newborns, Seattle, USA, 197?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 105
Non Response
30%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
structured 1,5 hour home interview when infant was home from hospital 1 month

Correlate

Authors's Label
Stress
Our Classification
Remarks
Life Experience Survey (LES, Sarason, Johnson, & Siegel 1978). No significant differences have been found between mothers of premature infants and mothers of full-term infants .
Operationalization
Self report on a series of 46 life events as
- having occurred or not occurred
- whether the impact was 'good' or 'bad
- the degree of the effect (none, some, moderate, great)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b r = -.32 p < .001 Interaction with social support:
- low support + high stress: lowest happiness rating
- high support + high stress: higher happiness rating