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Correlational findings

Study Block & Zautra (1981): study US Arizona 1979

Public
General public, 3 cities, Arizona, USA, 1979
Sample
Respondents
N = 537
Non Response
11 %
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Negative Events
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Internal consistency: average intercorrelation +.83
Remarks
correlation PE & NE r=-.22 p<.001
Distribution
M=2.52 SD=3.46
Operationalization
Selfrating:
Life events were assessed with a 65-item inventory developed by revising the SRRS (Holmes and Rahe 1967) and adding positive life event

Ss were asked two questions about each event listed on the directory
-first, whether the event had taken  place in their lives, during the past year.
-second, to rate, whether the event turned out positive (PE), negative, (NE), had both positive and negative outcomes or had no effect on them.
Events rated as having both positive and negative outcomes were not scored for PE and NE (about 10%).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a r = -.26 p < .00