Thurnher (1974): study US 1969
Publication
- Author(s):
- Thurnher, M.
- Title:
- Goals, Values, and Life Evaluations at The Pre-Retirement Stage.
- Source:
- Journal of Gerontology, 1974, Vol. 29, 85 - 96
Investigation
- Public
- 55+ aged, people in transition, United States, 196?
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-quota sample
- Respondents
- N = 114
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Depth interviews and tests during 9 hours
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 8 questions:
" In the past few weeks did you ever feel.....?"
A Pleased about having accomplished something
B Upset because someone criticized you
C Proud because someone complimented you one something you had done
D That things are going your way
E So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair
F Unhappy or depressed
G Particularly interested in something
H Lonely and remote from other people
Response options:
0 not at all
1 sometimes
2 often
3 very often
Scoring: a = 0..........d = 3
Summation:
Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on A, C, D, G
Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on B, E, F, H
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale (shortened variant) - Classification:
- A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-c
- Author's label:
- Morale
- Page in publication:
- 87
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
attainment of 'wants out of life '(full text not reported)
1 ambivalent, not successful
2 fairly successful
3 very successful - Classification:
- C-W-?-sq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Attainment of Wants out of Life
- Page in publication:
- 90
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 37.3%, 2: 43.6%, 3: 18.2% (total 99.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 0 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.19 5.96
- SD:
- 0.72 3.61