Study Sheldon & Elliot (1999): study US 1994 /2

Public

18+ aged, students followed 3 months, USA, 199?

Sample

Respondents

N = 73

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
T1, T6, T11: take-home pakets of questionnaires T2-T5, T7-T10: in-class questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Semester effort

Our Classification

Error Estimates

α = .75

Remarks

T2-T5 + T7-T10: Assessed 8 times during 3 month semester

Distribution

M=4.32, SD=.96

Operationalization

At the beginning of the semester participants named 3 goals "that we think about, plan for, carry out, and sometimes (though not always) complete or succeed at"

8 times during semester participants answered for all 3 goals the question "How hard are you trying in pursuing this striving?"

Rated 1 (not at all hard) to 7 (very hard)

semester effort variable was formed by averaging the 12 ratings

Observed Relation with Happiness