Sheldon & Kasser (1998): study US 1998
Publication
- Author(s):
- Sheldon, K.M.; Kasser, T.
- Title:
- Pursuing Personal Goals: Skills Enable Progress, but not all Progress is Beneficial.
- Source:
- Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 1998, Vol. 24, 1319 - 1331
Investigation
- Public
- Students, USA, 1998
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 154
- Non Response
- 59%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report of daily mood on 9 questions
'Please indicate how much of each emotion you felt today
A happy
B depressed, blue
C joyful
D pleased
E frustrated
F angry, hostile
G enjoyment, fun
H worried, anxious
I unhappy
Answer options:
1 not at all
2 very slight
3 somewhat
4 moderate amount
5 much
6 very much
7 extremely much
Options presented horizontally
Computation: (A+C+D+G)-(B+E+F+H+I)
Name: Diener's 'Daily Mood scale' - Classification:
- A-BD1-md-mq-v-7-a
- Author's label:
- short-term well-being
- Remarks:
- Time 1 (at beginning of semester) M=9.69
Time 2 (12 weeks later) M=5.34 - Page in publication:
- 7
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -6 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.52 -
- SD:
- 13.28 -