Study Kerr et al. (2015): study AU Queensland 2012
- Public:
- Psycho-therapy clients on waiting list, Australia, 2012
- Survey name:
- Unnamed study
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 48
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Diary
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Gratitude and kindness interventions
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions:
1 Treament:
A: Gratitude intervention: Participants were asked a) list things that they were grateful for b) to list the kind acts they had committed and c) to rate the intentisy of gratitude a scale from 1 (somewhat) to 7 (extremely) each day of the 14-day intervention.
B: Kindness intervention: Like a for kindness
C: Mood-monitoring control group .
1 Treated (A, B)
0 Control groep
Observed Relation with Happiness
Treated Controls Difference
Gratitude 0.75 0,12 +0,63 (ns)
Kindness 0.60 0,12 +0.48 (ns)
Kindness +6,0%
Gratitude 4.85 4,11 +0,84 (05)
Kindness 4.91 4,11 +0.80 (06)
Kindness +13.3%