Mutran & Reitzes (1981): study US 1974
Publication
- Author(s):
- Mutran, E.; Reitzes, D.C.
- Title:
- Retirement, Identity and Well-Being: Realignment of Role Relationships.
- Source:
- Journal of Gerontology, 1981, Vol. 36, 733 - 740
Investigation
- Public
- 55+ aged males, USA, 1974
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 1055
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 10 questions:
During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no)
A Particularly excited or interested in something?
B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from other people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed or very unhappy?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
- Author's label:
- well-being
- Page in publication:
- 736
- Error estimates:
- reliability..60
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.96 6.96
- SD:
- 2.09 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on feeling during three randomly selected activities that had occurred during the day
.. Felt happy … (full text not reported)
0 not at all happy
1
2
3
4
5
6 very happy
Kind of rating scale not reported - Classification:
- A-AA-md-mqr-?-7-a
Correlational Findings
Self-characterization
Current competences