Study Ludwig (1971): study US 1966

Public

Female students, undergraduates, University of Wisconsin, USA, 196?

Sample

Respondents

N = 72

Non Response

81%; 61% refusal, 5% eliminated on basis of screening data, 15% miscellaneous re

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Structured questionnaires, tests; and interview.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Desire for participation in boring activities

Our Classification

Remarks

Ss answered these questions at the end of an experimental situation in which their self-esteem was experimentally altered. This was done by means of a false personality report dealing with the subject's creativity, maturity and other things.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Four indicators:
1. 4-item index of closed questions on
   whether at this moment one feels
   like sitting in the Rathskeller by
   oneself, being at a dull party,
   being in a slow moving academic
   discussion, and resting in bed.
   (From the Activity Reaction Scale;
2. 2-item index of closed questions on
   whether at this moment one feels
   like being at a dull party, and
   being at a slow moving academic dis-
   cussion.
3. Non-social activities: 2-item index
   of closed questions on whether at
   this moment one feels like sitting
   in the Rathskeller by oneself, and
   resting in bed.
4. 4-item index of boring activities
   scored for 'how boring does this
   activity seem to you right now?'

Observed Relation with Happiness