Study Brooks & McKinlay (1983): study GB 1980

Public

Severely head injured patients, Glasgow UK, 1980-82

Sample

Respondents

N = 55

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
completed by close relatives. Close relatives defined as the person with the main responsibility for the patient was interviewed at 3, 6 and 12 month after injury.

Correlate

Authors's Label

change happiness after injury

Our Classification

Remarks

Only Ss whose personality had changed after injury (N =33)

Operationalization

Rating happiness by close relatives
a before injury (retropectively)
b 12 months after injury

This rating was part of an 'personality adjective checklist which intimate informats rated as the patient was BEFORE injury and NOW at the time of the interview

Observed Relation with Happiness