Study Rosenfield (1992): study US 1988
- Public
- 20-70 aged, chronic mental patients, USA, 1989
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 157
- Non Response
- 7%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
By clinical psychologists and psychiatric nurses.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Social contacts
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- M=1,82
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 3 questions related to friends in the area and regular contact with members of the program
Rated on an 3-point numerical scale
Observed Relation with Happiness
- demographic characteristics:
- age
- sex
- education
- race
- number of negative events in the last year
- functioning in het area of:
- daily living skills
- social skills
- vocational skills
- need for structure
- need for supervision
- positive symptoms
- negative symptoms