Study Csikszentmihalyi & Hunter (2003): study US 1998

Public

Teenagers, USA, 199?

Sample

Respondents

N = 828

Non Response

Assessment

Experience sampling
minimal 15 observations in one week

Correlate

Authors's Label

Being alone

Our Classification

Remarks

Participants were beeped at random moments eight times a day from 7:30 am to 10:30 pm for one week. At each beep they answered questions about: a: what activity they where doing on the moment b: whom they were with c: how they felt at that moment (various feelings, one of which happiness)

Operationalization

% time in company when beeped
0: alone
1: in company of:
   a: teachers
   b: classmates
   c: friends

Observed Relation with Happiness