Study Hurley & Kwon (2012): study US 2011
- Public
- Student participants in a savouring exercise and controls, USA, 2011
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 193
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Recalling positive events in the past week
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Students in intervention group were asked to recall three positive events that happened to them during the past week, to briefly write down these events, and to list possible ways they could have savored these events while they occurred.
The control group did not receive this intervention
Observed Relation with Happiness
T1 T2 T2-T1
Intervention 11,93 15,87 +3,94
Control 11,46 12,79 +1,33
- difference +0,27 +3,06 +2,61
Control +1,7%
- difference +3,3%
Happiness assessed at:
T1: at start of intervention
T2: at end of intervention 2 weeks later
Affect Balance computed by WDH team subtracting average negative affect from average positive affect.
Negative affect had decreased in the intervention group at T2, but positive affect did not increase