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Correlational findings

Study Milfont & Gouveia (2009): study BR 2008

Public
17-40 aged, students, Brazil, 2008
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 102
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Envy
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach alpha .79
Remarks
Dispositional Envy Scale (DES)
Distribution
Item means vary from 1.36 to 2.21
Operationalization
Self report on 8 questions:
a.I feel envy every day.
b.The bitter truth is that I generally feel inferior to others.
c.Feelings of envy constantly torment me.
d.It is so frustrating to see some people succeed so easily.
e.No matter what I do, envy always plagues me.
f.I am troubled by feelings of inadequacy.
g.It somehow doesn' t seem to fair that some people seem to have all the talent.
h.Frankly, the succes of my neighbors makes me resent them.

Rated: strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-H?-?-sq-?-7-a r = -.33 p < .01