Study Gavian (2011): study US 2010

Public

Student participants in a psychological training, USA, 2010

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 247

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Gratitude and Relaxation Interventions

Our Classification

Remarks

Happiness assessments at T2 (post stress induction) and at T3 (follow-up) not considered to be the effect of training on happiness and thus not reported here.

Distribution

Gratitude condition n = 94
Relaxation condition n = 73
Control group n = 80

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Participants were randomly assigned to:

1A RELAXATION INTERVENTION. Daily listening to PMR relaxation audio recording for one week.

1B GRATITUDE INTERVENTION. Daily writing down 5 things they are grateful for, for 1 week.

0 CONTROL GROUP. Daily describing their daily schedule for 1 week.

After 1 week all three groups were exposed to a  stress induction consisting of an acute, time-limited stressor in which participants ttempted to complete a challenging mental task under time pressure.

Observed Relation with Happiness