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:
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Questionnaire: web
Happiness self-help tool box
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Use of Happiness-Diary
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Number of times the Happiness-Diary was used
Observed Relation with Happiness
b (+.013) controled for:
- earlier happiness (to capture change)
- happiness today
- times Happiness-Comparer used
- days before last use of the Happiness-Diary
Using the Happiness Diary ten times increased monthly happiness by approximately 0.14 points on a 0 to 10 scale when all other factors were
held constant. However, less than 4% of the respondents completed the diary 10 times or
more.
The effect of repeated use declined slightly over time
b stronger among the initially least happy participants
b similar across age, sexe, education and income
GMM analysis suggest a causal effect of use of the Happiness-Diary on Happiness