Study Strack et al. (1985): study XZ Germany West 1982
- Public
 - Students translater school, West-Germany, 1982
 - Sample
 - Respondents
 - N = 51
 - Non Response
 - ?
 - Assessment
 - Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
 
Correlate
- Authors's Label
 - Positive reminiscence
 - Our Classification
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 - Operationalization
 - Subjects were asked to think about either their present or past life (experimental variation) and then to write down 3 events that were either very positive and pleasant or very negative and unpleasant. (short, only 1/3th of legal size page was provided for each event). Then they were asked to rate their happiness.
 
Observed Relation with Happiness
POSITIVE EVENT
-in the past Mt=6.5 bc
-in the present Mt=7.9 a
NEGATIVE EVENT
-in the past Mt=7.5 ac
-in the present Mt=6.1 b
Means with a common subscript do not differ significantly (.05) on a directional t-test.