Study Brunstein et al. (1998): study DE 1993 /1
- Public
- University students, Germany, 199?, followed 4 month
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 127
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionaires in class at T1 and by mail at home at T2, T3 and T4. T1 + T2: Assesment of motivation with Picture Story Excercise. Next Ss listed two agentic goals and two communal goals they intended to pursue thoughout the current semester. Ss also rated their commitment of these goals and their attainability. T3+4: Ss rated how much progress they had made in achieving the goals listed at T1. Mood adjective checlist administrated at T1, T2, T3 and T4
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Emotional wellbeing
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Cronbach alpha: T1+2: .89, T3+4: .94
- Remarks
- Assessed at T1: early in November T2: early in December T3: mid-January T4: mid-February
- Distribution
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T1+T2: M=6.10, SD=6.94
T3+T4: M=6.72, SD=6.82 - Operationalization
- Selfreport on 12 questions:
..how frequent one experienced moods in the past week..
A happy
B joyful
C contented
D cheerful
E pleasant
F elated
G frustrated
H sad
I depressed
J dissatisfied
K gloomy
L dejected
Rated 1: scarcely … 5: very frequently
Summation: (A+B+C+D+ E+ F) - (G+H+I+J+K+L)
Name: adapted from UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990)