| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Richards, M.L.; Kashner, J.B.; Okun, M.A.; Stock, W.A.; Vaughan, D.A. |
| Title | The Influence of Serious Personal Losses or Misfortunes on Life Satisfaction. |
| Source | Journal of Community Psychology, 1984, Vol. 12, 67 - 73 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1002/1520-6629(198401)12:1<67::AID-JCOP2290120109>3.0.CO;2-B |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 25-59 aged, general public, USA, 1981 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Not available |
| Stratified subsample of 375 adults, obtained from a probability area sample (N: 9570). Stratified by area and race. | |
| Respondents N = | 375 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| General remarks | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: "In general, how satisfied are you with your life.....?" 3 mostly satisfied 2 partly satisfied 1 mostly disappointed |
| Classification | O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-b |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.50 | 7.60 |
| Standard deviation | 0.58 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 4.0 | 41.0 | 55.0 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Joint effects | S15ab | Summed effects of current individual conditions (micro level) |
| Maried status | M02aa | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Self-perceived health | H14ab02a | Global health rating |
| Serious personal loss or misfortune | L06ab01e | Sum of negative life-events |
| Social Integration | I07ab04 | Perceived quality of intimate ties |