Study Matlin & Gawron (1979): study US 1977
- Public
- University students white, middle-class, State University of New-York, USA,197?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 133
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire administered in class at two consecutive days.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Pollyannaism: rosier view in retrospect
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Differences in ratings of pleasantness of 10 events in the previous weekend. Tendency to rate the same events more positively in the course of time. Measured by the difference in rating of pleasantness of 10 events in the previous weekend by rating these same events at two consecutive days.