Emmons & McCullough (2003): study US 1998 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Emmons, R.A.; McCullough, M.E.
- Title:
- Counting Blessings versus Burdens: an Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, 377 - 389
Investigation
- Public
- Students in a wellbeing course, USA, 1998
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 192
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Diary
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 30 questions repeated 9 weeks
To what extent did you feel last week,,
A interested
B distressed
C excited
D alert
E irritable
F sad
G stressed
H ashamed
I happy
J grateful
K tired
L upset
O strong
P nervous
Q guilty
R joyful
S determined
T thankful
U calm
V attentive
X forgiving
Y hostile
Z energetic
Aa hopeful
Ab enthusiastic
Ac active
Ad afraid
Ae proud
Af appreciative
Ag angry
Rated
1 not at all
2
3
4
5 very much
Computation: (A+C+D+I+G+J+O+R+S+T+U+V+X+Z+Aa+Ab+Ac+AF)/17 - (B+E+F+G+H_+K+L+P+Q+Y+Ad+AG)/13 - Classification:
- A-AB-cw-mqr-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- mood
- Page in publication:
- 379
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole during the last week.....?
7 delighted
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible
Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (last week version) - Classification:
- O-DT-cw-sq-v-7-a