Study Goldstein (2007): study US 2005

Public

Healthy adults, USA, 200?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 73

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Additional qualitative data were obtained by semistructured interviews by telehone

Correlate

Authors's Label

Sacred moments intervention

Our Classification

Distribution

1: n = 35
0:  n = 38

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Participants were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control condition

1: Treatment:  Participants practiced a mindful check-in technique the first 3 days and reported the findings to the researcher by email. On day 4 participants were requested to sanctify a self chosen object that was special to them. Then for the rest of the 3-week study period they spent a minimum of 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week practicing mindfulness techniques and then shifting attention to the sacred object and being open to what was sacred in the moment.

0: CONTROL. Participants were instructed to perform a writing task for a minium of 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week during 3 weeks

Observed Relation with Happiness