Study Emmons & McCullough (2003): study US 1998 /1

Public

Students in a wellbeing course, USA, 1998

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 192

Non Response

Assessment

Diary

Correlate

Authors's Label

Counting blessings/hassles exercises

Our Classification

Remarks

Gratitude condition: "There are many things in our lives, both large and small, that we we may grateful about.Think over the past week and write downon the lines below uo to five things in your life that you are gratfeul for. Hassles condition: "Hasseles are irritants - things that annoy and bother yoy. They occur in various domains of life, including relationships, work, school, housing finances, health and so forth. Think back over today and, on the lines below, list up ti five hassles that occurred in your life Events condition: What were some of the events or circumstances that affected you in the past week? Think back over the past week and write down on the lines below the five events that had an impact on you

Distribution

Gratitude n = 65
Hasles n = 64
Controls n = 67

Operationalization

Students were randomly assigned to 10 weekly excercises on either.

1: TREATMENT
1A: Gratitude condition with gratitude exercises;
1B: Hassles condition, listing up and thinking about five hasles

0: CONTROL: Events condition, listing up to five positive, negative or neutral events.

Observed Relation with Happiness