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Correlational findings

Study Lai et al. (2005): study TW 2000

Public
Elderly living in long-term care settings, Taiwan 2000
Sample
Respondents
N = 465
Non Response
9%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social relationships domain
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach's alfa : 0,80
Remarks
Subscale of Taiwan's abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-BREF, questions 20, 21, 22, 27
Distribution
Range =4-20 : Mean=12,70; SD=2,04; Median=12; Mode=12.
Operationalization
Selfreport on 4 questions about social relationships in the last four weeks:
a. How satisfied are you with your
   personal relationships?
b. How satisfied are you with your
   sex life?
c. How satisfied are you with the
   support you get from your friends?
d. Being respected and accepted.
   (text of question ot reported)

Social relationships (TW) Domain
Subscale of Taiwan's abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-BREF

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-QOL-cw-sq-v-5-c r = +.38 p < .001