Research Catalog

Title

Americans view their mental health, 1957 [electronic resource].

Author

Gurin, Gerald, 1922-

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Feld, Sheila, 1932-
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79076067
• University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79118936
• Veroff, Joseph, 1929-2007.

Summary

In 1957, the United States Congress established the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health to evaluate the nation's resources for coping with both the psychological and economic problems of mental illness. The Commission sponsored a nationwide survey, which was conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, to assess the subjective mental health of ''normal'' American adults and to determine in detail how they coped with problems of adjustment. During the spring of 1957, a sample of American adults was interviewed on various areas in which problems might arise, including marriage, parenthood, employment, and general social relationships. Information about leisure time, past and present physical and mental health, and motives for affiliation, achievement, and power were also sought. Three questionnaire forms were employed, each addressed to a randomly selected third of the sample.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 3503

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 3503.

Subjects

• Mental health
• Achievement
• Mental disorders
• Mental health > United States
• Health attitudes
• Work attitudes
• Quality of life
• Psychological wellbeing
• Social interaction
• Careers
• Self evaluation
• Memberships
• Religious affiliation
• Jobs satisfaction
• Counseling services
• Interpersonal conflict
• Personal adjustment
• Failure
• Marriage
• Adults
• Leisure
• Adjustment
• dataset > 1957
• Mental health surveys > United States
• Demographic characteristics
• Social roles
• Health behavior
• Attitudes

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1957.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on May 27, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text and PDF) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Time period: 1957.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Gurin, Gerald, Joseph Veroff, and Sheila Feld. AMERICANS VIEW THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 1957 [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Social Science Archive. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1975.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library