Publication |
Author(s) | Gorchoff, S.M.; Helson, R.; John, O.P. |
Title | Contextualizing Change in Marital Satisfaction during Middle Age. |
Source | Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 19, 1194 - 1200. |
DOI | DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02222.x |
Investigation |
Public | 43-61 aged, married women, Berekley, United States, followed 18years from 1981-1999 |
Last assesment | 1999 |
| T1:1981 T2:1989 T3:1998-1999 |
Survey name | HBSC 2001/2002 |
| Mills Longitudinal Study at University of California, Berkeley |
Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| women (born in 1937-1939) who were first studied when they were seniors at Mills College in Oakland, California. Only married women with children selected for this study |
Respondents N = | 72 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| 3 assessments: T1: when most of the women still had children at home (early 40s)
T2: when some but not all had empty nests (early 50s)
T3: when virtually all had empty nests (early 60s) |
Happiness measure(s) used |