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Correlational findings

Study Seidlitz & Diener (1993): study US 1988 /2

Public
Psychology students, selected for earlier happiness, followed 11 month, USA, 198?-8?
Sample
Respondents
N = 54
Non Response
Drop-out: T0-T1: 28%, T1-T2: 41%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Correlate

Authors's Label
Balance of recalled life-events; 3 yrs (checklist)
Our Classification
Remarks
Balance of 'concrete' events:
Operationalization
Ss completed a checklist of 80 events on which they marked those that had occurred in:
- T1: events in the last 3 years.
- T2: events in the 3 years before T1.

Half of the events on the list were 'concrete'; f.e. got married or fell ill.
The other half was 'interpretative', f.e. improved character or received support

Half of the events were 'positive',
the other half 'negative.

Assessed at T1 and T2 (11 month interval).
At both assesments events in the same period were enumerated.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.47 p < .001 - T1 happiness with T1 balance of recalled events A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.37 p < .01 - T1 happiness with T2 balance of recalled events A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.25 ns - T2 happiness with T1 balance of recalled events A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.19 ns - T2 happiness with T2 balance of recalled events

Balance of 'evaluative' events
A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.65 p < .001 - T1 happiness with T1 balance of recalled events A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.41 p < .01 - T1 happiness with T2 balance of recalled events A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.60 p < .001 - T2 happiness with T1 balance of recalled events A-AOL-g-mq-*-*-a r = +.39 p < .01 - T2 happiness with T2 balance of recalled events