Study Hoopes & Lounsbury (1989): study US 1985
- Public
- Working adults, USA, before and after vacation, 198?,
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 129
- Non Response
- 23
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Completed at T1 and T3. Prevacation survey 1 to 2 weeks before vacation (median time 7 days), within a week after they returned to their jobs subjects filled out the postvacation survey form (median time 3 days).
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Satisfaction with nature during vacation
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- alpha=.74
- Remarks
- Assessed at T2 during vacation (retrospectively at T3)
- Distribution
- N=121 M=2,13 SD=,99
- Operationalization
- Self report on satisfaction with:
- the scenery
- the weather
- opportunities for being close to nature
- opportunities for escape
during vacation
Assessed on a 1-7 scale: 1 delighted...7 terrible