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Studies

Block & Kremen (1996): study US 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Block, J.; Kremen, A.M.
Title:
IQ and Ego-Resiliency: Conceptual and Empirical Connections and Separateness.
Source:
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1996, Vol. 70, 349 - 361

Investigation

Public
18-aged, followed 5 years; Berkeley, USA, 19??-19??.
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 95
Non Response
11%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
at 18 years interviewed bij 4 examiners and 2 interviewers; at 23 years interviewed by a different set of 3 examiners and 3 interviewers.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Clinical rating of cheerfulness.

Rating on the basis of interview-protocols by 2 or 3 independent judges of cheerfulness as personality descriptive variable from most uncharacteristic to most characteristic of the subject.

Rating options: scale rating from 1  to  9 (scale options not reported)
Classification:
A-CP-g-rc-?-9-a
Author's label:
Is cheerful
Page in publication:
354-6

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding ego- resilience