Study Krejtz et al. (2016): study PL 2013

Public

Participants in a gratitude training and controls, Poland, 2013

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 58

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Each day for 2 weeks respondents reported daily events and measures of well-being. The daily events were reported in 1 of 10 categories (interpersonal, family, partnership and marriage, health and physical symptoms, hobby, work and duties, moral and values, evereday life, contacts with administration, and financial). Each event was rated in terms of stressfullness, positivity, importance, and mindfullness on a 7-point response scale anchored rated from 1=not at all to 7=very much.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Gratitude exercise

Our Classification

Remarks

Participants were randomly assigned to either treatment or control group

Distribution

Number of daily gratitude statements: M = 4.49
within person variance= 1.13; between person variance= .61

Operationalization

1: TREATMENT: Direct question asked each day during 2 weeks: "There are many things in our lives, both large and small, that we might be grateful about. Think back over the day and write down on the lines below all that you were grateful today."
Participants could describe up to 6 things for which they were grateful.
0 CONTROL Recorded daily affects like the treated group, but did not do the gratitude exercise

Observed Relation with Happiness