Study Haeck et al. (2016): study ZZ 2012
- Public:
- Users of a 6 week online psychoeducation course, 35 nations, 201?
- Survey name:
- Unnamed study
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 122
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: web
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Change in affect before-after course
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Participants were e-mailed a link to a web-based lesson each week for six weeks. Each lesson focussed on a different aspect of fostering positive emotions, including
a: meaning and purpose
b; strenghts
c; work
d; mindfulness and savouring
e: gratitude and relationships
f: hedonia versus eudaimonia
Each lesson contained video's, blog posts and questionnaires with normative feedback.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- positive affect: +1,44 (05)
- negative affect: -4,77 (01)
Hence gain in Affect balance +6,21
Greater change in happiness among users who:
- had most negative affect at baseline
- spend less time on the website
- practiced more happiness increasing behaviours