John P. Robinson Livres

This volume is sponsored by Division 9 of the American Psychological Association: The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.****This is an essential reference book for any social scientist or student who uses measuresof attitude or personality in his or her research. The earlier version, published twenty years ago, was to be found on the shelf of virtually everyone who worked in the field. Serves as an update and extension of a highly useful book published twenty years ago Employs a systematic standardized evaluation of 150 scales Chapters on specific types of scales are written by experts in those subfields

Is it possible that Americans have more free time than they did 30 years ago? While few may believe it, research based on careful records of how Americans actually spend their time says that they have almost five hours more free time than in the 1960s. In this book, time-experts Robinson and Godbey explain this surprising trend and how it has come about.