Study Scollon et al. (2009): study US Texas 2009

Public

Students, Texas, USA, 2009

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 83

Non Response

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
1. Web questionnaire completed at the beginnig of the study 2. Experience sampling: during 7 days participants were asked to answer the questionnaire on a hand held palm pilot at 7 random times a day when signaled by an alarm.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Ideal affect

Our Classification

Remarks

Ideal Affect Balance 3,85 on scale 1-7

Distribution

Ideal positive affect: 5,98
Ideal negative affect 2,13

Operationalization

Selfreport on 12 questions:

How much would an ideal person leading the ideal life would experience the following emotions:
how much one GENERALLY feels ... (full text not reported)
A  Happy
B  Joy
CV  Sociable
D  Excited
E  Proud
F  Calm
G  Sad
H  Guilty
I   Worried
J  Anxious
K  Irritated
L  Bored

Rated:
1 never
:
7 always

Observed Relation with Happiness