Study Sheldon et al. (2010): study US 2008

Public

University community members participating in happiness training, USA, 200?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 180

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
1st assessment in laboratory, follow-up assessments via the internet

Correlate

Authors's Label

Happiness attitude at baseline

Our Classification

Distribution

Mean score, assessed at baseline 3.25 (SD 0.65)

Operationalization

Self report on 13 items that cover four types of attitudes about happiness change:
(a) Happiness might be difficult to change
(b) Pursuing happiness is maladaptive
© Happiness is personally undeserved
(d) Happiness is an inappropriate goal.
All items scored from 1 (no agreement) to 5 (much agreement).  Scores on negative items were recoded.

Observed Relation with Happiness