Study Schaefer & Bayley (1963): study US 1929 /1
- Public
- Girls, followed from age 0 to 18, Berkely, California, USA, 1929-47
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 19
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Observations of behavior and interviews in childhood and adolescence
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Personality in childhood (age 2 to 8)
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness as assessed in adolescence (age 12-18) Personality as asseessed in childhood (age 2 -8) month of correlation with personality adolescent assessment happiness
- Operationalization
- Expert ratings on the basis of observation of behavior in various test-situations. Rated on bi-polar 7 point rating scales.
Subjects were rated 14 times between 27-96 months of age. Personality ratings were combined for the following perionds: 27+30 /33+36 /42+48 / 54+60 /
60+72 /78+84 /90+96.
1. Friendliness
3 item index
- initial response to situation
(negative-friendly)
- secondary response to situation
(negative-friendly)
- attitude to task
(unwilling-eager)
2. Cooperativeness
2 item index
- variability in cooperation
(variable-consistent)
- attention to instructions
(attentive-alert)
3. Attentiveness
3 item index
- external distraction
(distractible-single minded)
- association
(flightly-controled)
- maintenance of effort
(easily discouraged-persistent)
4. Facility
3 item index
- comprehension of task
(slow-swift)
- verbal response
(vague-definite)
- method of [ferformance
(random-systematic)
Observed Relation with Happiness
27-30 r=+.13 (ns)
33-36 r=+.08 (ns)
42-48 r=+.18 (ns)
54-60 r=+.34 (ns)
66-72 r=+.13 (ns)
78-84 r=+.37 (ns)
90-96 r=+.13 (ns)
27-30 r=-.11 (ns)
33-36 r=-.22 (ns)
42-48 r=-.04 (ns)
54-60 r=+.11 (ns)
66-72 r=+.05 (ns)
78-84 r=+.27 (ns)
90-96 r=+.22 (ns)
27-30 r=+.04 (ns)
33-36 r=-.13 (ns)
42-48 r=-.05 (ns)
54-60 r=-.02 (ns)
66-72 r=-.08 (ns)
78-84 r=+.34 (ns)
90-96 r=-.19 (ns)
27-30 r=-.11 (ns)
33-36 r=-.39 (ns)
42-48 r=-.38 (ns)
54-60 r=-.22 (ns)
66-72 r=-.21 (ns)
78-84 r=+.18 (ns)
90-96 r=-.14 (ns)
27-30 r=+.30 (ns)
33-36 r=-.18 (ns)
42-48 r=-.17 (ns)
54-60 r=+.08 (ns)
66-72 r=+.08 (ns)
78-84 r=+.47 (05)
90-96 r=-.19 (ns)
27-30 r=-.09 (ns)
33-36 r=-.36 (ns)
42-48 r=-.41 (ns)
54-60 r=-.26 (ns)
66-72 r=-.16 (ns)
78-84 r=+.19 (ns)
90-96 r=-.08 (ns)
27-30 r=+.02 (ns)
33-36 r=+.05 (ns)
42-48 r=+.06 (ns)
54-60 r=+.34 (ns)
66-72 r=+.10 (ns)
78-84 r=+.40 (ns)
90-96 r=+.20 (ns)
27-30 r=-.12 (ns)
33-36 r=-.01 (ns)
42-48 r=-.04 (ns)
54-60 r=+.06 (ns)
66-72 r=+.04 (ns)
78-84 r=+.24 (ns)
90-96 r=+.08 (ns)