Study Sheldon & Lyubomirsky (2009): study US 2004
- Public
- Participants in a happiness training, USA 200?
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 113
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Multiple assesment methods
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Change activity or circumstance
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- At T1 participants did not differ in expected effects of the change to be made in the next 2 weeks, but activity change participants reported more self-concordant motivation and expected to invest more effort
- Distribution
- N = A; 60, B: 53 1: 75. 0:38
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- At T1 participants were randomly assigned to one of the following change assignments, which they think will have a positive effect on their life:
A Change in goals/activities: e.g.
- join a club
- decide on a career direction
B Change in circimstances, e.g.
- buy yourself something
- drop a course
At T2 (2 weeks later) particicipants reported whether they had
1 made the change
0 not made the change
Observed Relation with Happiness
T1 T2 T3 T3-T1
Activity change
- made 1,42 1,62 1,68 +0,26
- not made 1.58 0.76 1,26 -0,32
difference +0,58(02)
difference % scale range +7,2%
Circumstance change
- made 1,42 1,48 1,26 -0,16
- not made 1,42 1,26 1,21 -0,21
difference +0.05(ns)
difference % scale range +0,6%
Happiness assessed at:
T1: baseline, instruction
T2: 2 weeks later, when asked whether they had made the change
T3: 4 weeks later