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Study Bradburn (1969): study US 1963

Public: 21-60 aged, urban areas, USA, 1963 - 64
Sample
Respondents: N = 2787
Non Response: ± 20%, Attrition ± 30%
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews at home using highly structured questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Change in worries (Increase)

Our Classification

Operationalization

Difference in response to 12-item index of question worries in the past few weeks.

Assessed at
T1: January 1963
T3: Oktober 1963

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

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DMr = - p < .05

CHANGE in worries by CHANGE in happiness. Computed for negative affect (NA) only (not full ABS).
NA assessed at T1 and T3

Ss who increased in worries tend to increased in NA as well (and reversedly).

Change in affect expressed in change () in average ridits (RT). Ridit analysis compares distribution in category with distribution in total sample. RT above .50 means relative increase. RT below relative decrease in happiness.