Publication | |
Author(s) | Chiriboga, D.A. |
Title | Life Event Weighting Systems: A Comparative Analysis. |
Source | Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1977, Vol. 21, 415 - 422 |
DOI | doi:10.1016/0022-3999(77)90063-0 |
Investigation | |
Public | People in transition, metropolis, USA, 1974 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Not available |
See LOWEN 1975: high school seniors left out. | |
Respondents N = | 179 |
Non Response | 19% |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
Lengthy interviews | |
General remarks | Same study reported in CHIRI 1971, 1980 and 1984. This study involves an 11 year follow-up with 5 interviews between l969-1980. The data reported here were from the third interview. See also FISKE 1985/1 and LOWEN 1975. |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on 3 questions: A. " Dissatisfied" and "Unhappy" responses on the Block (1961) Adjective Rating List. B. Overall happiness. Single direct question: "Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are .......?" 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy C. Present-year score on Life-Evaluation Chart, ranging from: 1 low 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 high |
Classification | O-Sum-u-mq-*-0-a |
Author's label | Overall satisfaction |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 9 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 29.90 | 7.70 |
Standard deviation |
Full text | Selfreport on 8 questions. "During the past week, did you ever feel.....?" A very lonely B restless C bored D depressed E on top of the world F excited or interested G pleased about accomplishment H proud Answer options: 1 never 2 once 3 several times 4 often Summation: -Positive Affect Score (PAS): E+F+G+H -Negative Affect Score (NAS): A+B+C+D -Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS-NAS+13 Name: Bradburn's Affect Balance Scale (modified version) |
Classification | A-BB-cw-mq-v-4-d |
Author's label | Affect balance |
Error estimates | Reliability: Validity: |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 25 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 15.40 | 6.00 |
Standard deviation |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Stress | show | Burden of current life-events |