Psychological Well-Being and Stress To learn more about the variables in this section, consult the Guide to the Constructs section on Psychological Well-Being and Stress |
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| Description | Variable | Value | Value Label | Type | Explanation |
| Life satisfaction | (H,W)ALLIFE(1-4) | 1 7 |
low life satisfaction high life satisfaction |
interval | Summary score from Life Satisfaction questionnaire. Source: Sampbell, Converse, & Rodgers (1976)( |
| Role overload | (H,W) ROLEOV (4) | 1 5 |
low role overload high role overload |
interval | Mean of: NOTIME, DEMND, MORTIM, CAUTUP, SLFTIM, OVERXT, HASTE, ENERGY. Source: Reilly (1982) |
| Role balance | (H,W)COMROL(4) | 1 5 |
low commitment across roles high commitment across roles |
interval | Mean of: ENJLIF, BALANC, SATLIF, PUTSLF. Source: Marks, S. (1994) |
| Role ease | (H,W) ROLEAS (4) | 1 4 |
more role ease less role ease |
interval | Mean of: FRDTIM, CHRTIM, EATTIM, LEISTM, PARTIM, CHDTIM. Source: Marks, S. (1994) |
| Average rating of how hassled or relaxed the day | (H,W) DAYHAS (4) | 1 7 |
very relaxed very hassled |
interval | Average of HASSLE across the interviews |
| Moods | (H,W) MN17 | 1 3 |
very good mood very bad mood |
interval | See the manual for the 8-state questionnaire |
| Stress | (H,W) STRESS (3) | 1 3 |
very little stress very much stress |
interval | See the manual for the 8-state questionnaire |
| Depression | (H,W) DEPRES (3) | 1 3 |
very little depression very much depression |
interval | See the manual for the 8-state questionnaire |
| Fatigue | (H,W) FATIG (3) | 1 3 |
very little fatigue very much fatigue |
interval | See the manual for the 8-state questionnaire |
| Arousal | (H,W) AROUSE (3) | 1 3 |
very little arousal very much arousal |
interval | See the manual for the 8-state questionnaire |
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| Number of illnesses or injuries | (H,W) NUMSIK (4) | interval | |||
| Number of deaths of people close | (H,W) NUMDIE (4) | interval | |||
| Number of problems with the law (since marriage began) | (H,W) NUMLAW (4) | interval | |||
