| Study | Armsden & Greenberg (1987): study US 1986 |
| Title | The Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment: Individual Differences and their Relationship to Psychological Well-Being in Adolescence. |
| Source | Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1987, Vol. 16, 427 - 454 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1007/BF02202939 |
| Public | Undergraduate students, USA, 1982 |
| Sample | |
| Non-Response | ? |
| Respondents N = | 86 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Family attachement |
| Page in Source | 438 |
| Our classification | Family climate (earlier for adults, current for young) |
| Operationalization | Index of two subscales derived from 60-item Inventory of Parent and Peer attachement(IPPA): -Attachement:'trust' and 'communication' added,'alienation' subtracted -Security: high vs low. high if both trust and communication at least medium and alienation not high. low if trust and communication low and alienation high. |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b | r=+.64 | Attachement to parents |
| O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b | r=+.33 | Attachement to peers |
| O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b | r=+.53 p < .01 | Security with parents |
| O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b | r=+.43 p < .05 | Security with peers |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-b | Selfreport on single question: "........satisfaction with life........" (Full question not reported) 1 very dissatisfied 2 a little dissatisfied 3 neither dissatisfied nor satisfied 4 well satisfied 5 completely satisfied |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| r | PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient') Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: r = 0 « no correlation , r = 1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and r = -1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values. |