Palisi (1985a): study ZZ Western nations 1977 /1

Publication

Author(s):: Palisi, B.J.
Title:: Interaction with Kin, Social-Status and Well-Being.
Source:: International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1985, Vol. 24, 14 - 34

Public: Males, metropolitan areas: London, Los Angeles and Sydney, 1977-80
Sample: Probability systematic sample
Respondents: N = 752
Non Response: 67 %
Assessment: Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire

Full text:: Self report on single  question:

"......happiness during past few weeks....." (full lead not reported)
4  very happy
3
2
1  not too happy
Classification:: M-FH-cm-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:: Happiness

Full text:: Self report on 10 questions:

During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?  (yes/no)
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no  = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)
Classification:: A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Author's label:: Overall well-being

Author's label

Subject Description

Finding

Joint companionship with spouse

Shared activities of partners

Parallel companionship with spouse

Shared activities of partners

Visiting extended kin

Contacts with relatives

Interaction with extended kin

Contacts with relatives

Interaction with household members

Contacts with relatives
Intimacy with household-members
Frequency of intimate contacts