Minyard Frost & Frost (2000): study ZZ Various nation sets 1995
Publication
- Author(s):
- Minyard Frost, K.; Frost, C.J.
- Title:
- Romanian and American Life Aspirations in Relation to Psychological Well-Being.
- Source:
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2000, Vol. 31, 726 - 751
Investigation
- Public
- 21-22 aged, college students Romania and USA, 199?
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 418
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 22 questions:
22 statement on major life aspirations in 4 content areas:
- self-acceptance; e.g. "You will be in charge of your life"
- affiliation: e.g." You will have good friends that you can count on"
- community feeling: e.g. 'You will work to make the world a better place"
- financial success: e.g. "You will have a job that pays well"
Each statement rated for likelihood of future attainment
1 very low
2
3
4
5 very high - Classification:
- C-ASG-u-mq-n-5-a
- Author's label:
- Likelihood that aspirations are met
- Page in publication:
- 736
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.73 -
- SD:
- 0.59 -