Study Sheldon & Elliot (1999): study US 1994 /1

Public

18+ aged, students USA, followed 3 months,199?

Sample

Respondents

N = 152

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
T1 + T5: in-class questionnaires T2 - T4: questionnaires within lab sessions

Correlate

Authors's Label

Relatedness need satisfaction

Our Classification

Error Estimates

α= 0.70

Remarks

T2-T4: Assessed 3 times during 3 month semester

Distribution

BASELINE M=5.35, SD=1.38
SEMESTER M=5.49, SD=.87

Operationalization

T1 RELATEDNESS AUTONOMY-NEED SATISFACTION
Selfreport on sigle question: "the extent to which you are having this type of experiences in your life, at present:
- feeling generally related and connected to the people I spend time with"

Rated 1 (very little) to 7 (very much)

T2-T4 SEMESTER RELATEDNESS-NEED SATISFACTION
Participants free listed the three most time consuming social contacts during the preceding 24hr

Answered for each contact the question  "To what extent did you feel related and connected to the person(s) you were interacting with?"

Rated on 1 (not at all) to 7 (very much)

to form a composite score the nine ratings were averaged

Observed Relation with Happiness