Study Charness & Grosskopf (2001): study ES 1998
- Public
- University students, Barcelona, Spain, 1998
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 121
- Non Response
- 0 %
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Questionnaire and experiment
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Momentary happiness (MH)
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed after assigning roles in a partition experiment. Mood is slightly higher among Ss in passive role (6,45) than in active role (6,07)
- Distribution
- MH = 6.26
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question:
"How do you feel right now? Check the one statement that best describes your average happiness.'
10 extremely happy (feeling ecstatic, joyous, fantastic)
9 very happy (feeling really good, elated)
8 pretty happy (spirits high, feeling good)
7 mildly happy (feeling fairly good and somewhat cheerful)
6 slightly happy (just a bit above neutral)
5 neutral (not particularly happy or unhappy)
4 slightly unhappy (just a bit below neutral)
3 mildly unhappy (just a litle low)
2 pretty unhappy (somewhat "blue", spirits down)
1 very unhappy (depressed, spirits very low)
0 extremely unhappy (utterly depressed, completely down)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Ss rate their general happiness higher than their current mood
GH = 6.945
MH = 6.26