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Correlational findings

Study Mussen et al. (1980): study US 1928

Public
Mothers, followed from age 30 to 70, Berkeley USA, 1928-68
Sample
Respondents
N = 53
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Observation and interviews at age 30 and age 70

Correlate

Authors's Label
Open-minded; accuracy in thinking
Our Classification
Operationalization
Personality factor that appears in an analysis of ratings by two interviewers on 71 personality-social characteristics.
This factor appeared in young adulthood (T1: age 30) as well as in old age (T2: age 70). Correlation over this 40-year-period is +.28  .

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-CP-g-fi-v-7-a r = +.07 ns Happiness assessed at T1 and T2 load similarly on this factor. O-SLC-g-fi-v-7-b r = +.05 ns