| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Schulz, R.; Decker, S. |
| Title | Longterm Adjustment to Physical Disability: The Role of Social Support, Perceived Control and Self-Blame. |
| Source | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1985, Vol. 48, 1162 - 1172 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 40+ aged, spinal-cord-injured, non-institutionalised, Portland Oregon, USA, 198? |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Not available |
| Non-probability chunck sample.Non-institutionalised subjects,with injury at least 5 years ago (average 20 yrs), were selected with the aid of organisations working with spinal-cord-injured persons. All respondents were Caucasians; 90% male, most married. | |
| Respondents N = | 100 |
| Non Response | 4% |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Structured interview, partly by telephone | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 8 questions: "Here is a list that describes some of the ways people feel at different times. How often do you feel each of these ways?" A Very lonely or remote from other people B Depressed or very unhappy C Bored D So restless you couldn't sit long in a chair E Vaguely uneasy about something without knowing why F On top of the world G Particularly excited or interested in something H Pleased about having accomplished something Answer options: 0 never 1 sometimes 3 often Summation: Positive Affect Score (PAS): summed scores on F, G, H Negative Affect Score (NAS): summed scores on A, B, C, D, E Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Possible range -15 to +9 Transformed to a 7 point scale, where 1 is all or almost all positive feelings and 7 is all or almost all negative feelings. 1 = neg 0-1 and pos 7-9 2 = neg 0-1 and pos 4-6 2 = neg 2-3 and pos 7-9 3 = neg 0-1 and pos 3 3 = neg 2-3 and pos 4-6 3 = neg 4-5 and pos 7-9 4 = neg 0-1 and pos 0-2 4 = neg 2-3 and pos 3 4 = neg 4-5 and pos 4-6 4 = neg 6-15 and pos 7-9 5 = neg 2-3 and pos 0-2 5 = neg 4-5 and pos 3 5 = neg 6-15 and pos 4-6 6 = neg 4-5 and pos 0-2 6 = neg 6-15 and pos 3 7 = neg 6-15 and pos 0-2 Name: Berkman modified variation of Bradburn's `Affect Balance Scale' |
| Classification | A-BB-u-mq-v-3-a |
| Author's label | Psychological well-being |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Age at injury | show | Time since handicap |
| Disabled | show | Physical handicap |
| Joint effect | show | Socio-demographic + health + personality + social ties |
| Perceived avoidability of injury | show | Attitudes to handicap |
| Perceived avoidability of injury | show | Attitudes to victimization, also classified as above ↑ |
| Percieved control | show | Inner locus of control |
| Satisfaction with amount of social contact | show | Satisfaction with amount of personal contacts |
| Satisfaction with quality of social contact | show | Satisfaction with quality of personal contacts |
| Self percieved health | show | Global health rating |
| Self-blaming | show | Blaming |
| Social support | show | Amount of current support received |