Publication | |
Author(s) | Orden, S.R.; Bradburn, N.M. |
Title | Dimensions of Marriage Happiness. |
Source | American Journal of Sociology, 1968, Vol. 73, 715 - 731 |
URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/2775777?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents |
Investigation | |
Public | Married people,USA, metropolitan areas, 1963-1965 |
- husbands and wives, not couples - 4 communities: 2 within the Detroit metropolitan area; 1 from the Chicago and Washington metropolitan areas; 1 from the ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States | |
1963-1964 | |
Survey name | Not available |
Third Wave, 1965, of a longitudinal study by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), | |
Sample | Probability area sample |
Respondents N = | 1738 |
781 husbands; 957 wives | |
Non Response | not reported |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
1. Individual own assessment (self report) 2. Self-administered questionnaire read to the respondents containing an index of marriage tensions and marriage satisfactions | |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on single question: Taking all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are .....? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy |
Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-3-a |
Author's label | Overall happiness |
Page in publication | 730 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
Full text | Selfreport on 18 questions: How have things been going in the past few weeks? Please tick one of the two boxes for each of the questions below: A Have you been annoyed with someone? B Have you ever felt lonely or remote from people? C Have you ever felt that things were going your way? D Have you ever felt very worried E Have you ever felt pleased because you've got friends? F Have you ever been afraid of what might happen? G Have you ever felt particularly excited or interested in something? H Have you ever felt depressed or unhappy? I Have you ever been full of energy? J Have you ever felt really tired? K Have you ever felt so restless that you could not sit long in a chair? L Have you ever felt that you were really enjoying yourself? M Have you ever felt really cheerful? N Have you ever felt like crying? O Have you ever felt at the top of the world? P Have you ever felt confident about the future? Q Have you ever felt bored? R Have you ever felt pleased about having accomplished something? Rated: 0: no 1: yes Computation: (C+E+G+I+L+M+O+P+R) - (A+B+D+F+H+J+K+N+Q) Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale: extended version |
Classification | A-AB-cm-mq-v-2-a |
Author's label | Psychological Well-Being |
Page in publication | 715 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Marriage companionship | show | Satisfaction with marriage |
Marriage happiness rating | show | Satisfaction with marriage |
Marriage sociability | show | Satisfaction with marriage |
Marriage tensions | show | Tensions in relationship |