Block (1971): study US 1936

Publication

Author(s):

Block, J.

Title:

Lives through Time.

Source:

Bancroft Books, 1971, Berkeley, USA

Investigation

Public

Highschool pupils, followed from age 11 to 35, USA, 1936-1957

Sample

Respondents

N = 160

Non Response

65% dropout, 11% incomplete data

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Interviews and tests

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Clinical rating of cheerfulness.

Rating on the basis of interview-protocols by 2 or 3 independent judges of cheerfulness as personality descriptive variable from most uncharacteristic to most characteristic of the subject.

Rating options: scale rating from 1  to  9 (scale options not reported)

Classification:

A-CP-g-rc-?-9-a

Author's label:

Cheerfulness

Error estimates:

Reliability: Inter-rater reliabilities: Males: T1 junior high school, age 11-14, rs=+.72 T2 senior high school, age 14-17, rs=+.79 T3 fourth decade, age 28-35, rs=+.77 Females: T1 junior high school, age 11-14, rs=+.68 T2 senior high school, age 14-17, rs=+.77 T3 fourth decade, age 28-35, rs=+.80 Validity:

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Earlier cheerfulness Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago)
Long term happiness (< 10 years ago)