Study Bakker et al. (2020): study NL 2011

Public

Returning users of a happiness self-help website, Netherlands, 2011-2015

Survey name

NL-GeluksWijzer

Sample

Respondents

N = 5411

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness self-help tool box

Correlate

Authors's Label

Use of Happiness-Diary

Our Classification

Remarks

Participants received periodical an e-mail with a link to a website on which they recorded for the previous day - what they had done during waking hours - how they had felt during these activities Users then received instant overview of - how much time they had spent on particular activities - how happy they had felt during these activities - how they had felt on average during that day Users were also informed of how comparable other users of the website had scored with respect to time spent on activities and enjoyment of these. This 'Happiness-Diary' is an internet application of the Day Reconstructioin Method (DRM, Kahneman et a. 2004) All rating made on a 10-step faces scale Next to this 'Happines-Diary' the website provided the 'Happiness-Comparer', 'last month's score on which are used in this analysis as the measurement of happiness.

Distribution

M = 2.14 SD = 4,15
Time betwee first and last use 233 days

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Number of times the Happiness-Diary was used

Observed Relation with Happiness