Study MacLeod et al. (2008): study GB London 2008
- Public:
- Participants in a goal training and controls, London, United Kingdom, 2008
- Survey name:
- Unnamed study
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 64
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: paper
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Goal setting and planning training (GAP)
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 1: EXPERIMENTAL group
Received a Goals And Plans intervention training (GAP), which consisted of 3 sessions over 3 weeks. There was a 1-week gap between Sessions 1 and 2, with 2 weeks separating Sessions 2 and 3.The gaps were to allow the particular between-group excersises to be carried out.The sessions were group based and lasted for 1 h. 2 facilitators ran each group. The intervention focused on teaching goal settings and planning skills.
0: Matched CONTROL group received no GAP training
Both groups completed the measures in a small group setting, in direct contact with the researcher, with the exception of the 5 community control participants who returned the measures by post.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Experimentals 12,6 14,9 +2,3
Controls 11,0 9,9 -1,1
- difference +3,4
No difference between participants who had attended all sessions or not
Affect Balance computed by WDH team from separate Positive and Negative Affect scores reported in article
Controls - 1,4%
-difference + 4,3%