Rosenfield (1992): study US 1988

Publication

Author(s):

Rosenfield, S.

Title:

Factors Contributing to the Subjective Quality of Life of the Chronic Mentally Ill.

Source:

Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1992, Vol. 33, 299 - 315

Investigation

Public:

20-70 aged, chronic mental patients, USA, 1989

Sample:

Non-probability purposive sample

Respondents:

N = 157

Non Response:

7%

Assessment:

Interview: face-to-face
By clinical psychologists and psychiatric nurses.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Selfreport on single question, asked twice in interview:

How do you feel about your life as a whole......?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Summation: arithmetic mean

Name: Andrews & Withey's "Delighted-Terrible Scale" (original version)
Also known as Lehman's 'Global life satisfaction'

Classification:

O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a

Author's label:

Overall Subjective Qualitiy of life

Page in publication:

300

Error estimates:

Same question asked at the beginning and end of the interview. r=+.73

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Type of psychiatric treatment recieved Kind of treatment for mental disorder
Care
Mandatory
Being in treatment for mental disorder (vs not) Vocational Rehabilitation/Specific services recieved Support/training for coping with mental disability Basic Needs- services recieved Support/training for coping with mental disability Structure of activities - services recieved Current total social participation
Time spend socializing
Current social support received Specific services recieved for planning time Individual counsel
Care
On invitation, no pay
Support/training for coping with mental disability Services recieved for psychiatric symptoms Treatment for mental disorder (clinical psychology, psycihatry)
Current social support received
Medical services
Current medical consumption Daily living skills - services recieved Support/training for coping with mental disability
Care
On invitation, no pay Social contacts- services recieved Support/training for coping with mental disability
Current social support received
Individual counsel
Care
On invitation, no pay Supervision and Guidance- services recieved Intensive guidance
Frequency of use
Support/training for coping with mental disability Empowerment- services recieved Support/training for coping with mental disability Social skills - services recieved Support/training for coping with mental disability Age Current age (in years) Sexe Sex (male vs female) Education Development of one's education Race Ethnic status in the USA Negative events Burden of current life-events Daily living skills Daily living skills
Personal qualities Social skills Current intimate relationships
Sociable
Current friendship network
Self-confidant
Current social support received Vocational skills Self-perceived work-performance Need for structure Current time-organization
Planning ability Need for supervision Perceived need for treatment Social contacts Current contacts Degree of positive symptoms Expert ratings of mental health Degree of negative symptoms Expert ratings of mental health