Study Sheldon & Lyubomirsky (2006): study US 2003

Public

Psychology Students, USA, 2003

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 67

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Gratitude and Best Possible Self intervention

Our Classification

Remarks

Exercises were performed during Session I and continued at home until session 2 at two weeks and again until Session 3 at four weeks

Distribution

1a: N =  21, 1b: N =  23, 0:  N =    23

Operationalization

Participants were randomly assigned to:
1a: GRATITUDE INTERVENTION. Participants were instructed to write about the many things in their life, both large and small, that they have to be grafeful about and outline these reasons in as much detail they could.
1b: BEST POSSIBLE SELF INTERVENTION
Participants were instructed to write about their ideal life in the future, as much in detail as they could. "Thinking about your best possible self means that you imagine yourself in the future, after everything has gone as well as it possibly could. You have worked hard and succeeded at accomplishing all of your life goals. Think of this as the realization of your life dreams, and of your own best potentials. In all of these cases you are identifying the best possible way that things might cum ow in your life, in order w help guide your decisions now.
0:  CONTROL GROUP
Participants were instructed to write about their typical day and kinds of things that happen during it as much in detail as they could.

Observed Relation with Happiness