Study Chan (2013a): study CN 2008

Public

Schoolteachers, Hongkong, China, 2008

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 143

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Life of pleasure

Our Classification

Remarks

Pleasure subscale of the 18 item Orientation to Happiness Scale (Peterson et al., 2005)

Distribution

Range = 6 - 30, M = 20.24 SD = 3.89

Operationalization

Selfreport on 6 questions: Below are statements that many people would find desirable, but we want you to answer only in terms of whether the statement describes how you actually live your life.
a: Life is too short to postpone the pleasures it can provide
b: I go out of my way to feel euphoric.

c: In choosing what to do, I always take into account whether it will be pleasurable
d:  I agree with this statement: ‘‘Life is short – eat dessert first.’’
e: For me, the good life is the pleasurable life.
f:  I love to do things that excite my senses

Rated:
5 very much like me
4 mostly like me
3 somewhat like me
2 a little like me
1 not like me at all

Observed Relation with Happiness