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

Current goal progress

Our Classification

Remarks

Measured at T2, T3 and T4

Distribution

T2 M = 2.75 (SD 0.73); T3 M = 3.41 (SD 0.85); T4 M = 3.22 (SD0.79)

Operationalization

Self report on two questions.
(a)How would you rate your current progress in each goal?
(b) How hard have you tried to work on each goal?.
Rated 1 = not at all to 5 = very much.
Scores on both questions across all goals were aggregated into a single index.

Observed Relation with Happiness