Study Sheldon & Elliot (1999): study US 1994 /2
- Public
- 18+ aged, students followed 3 months, USA, 199?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 73
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
T1, T6, T11: take-home pakets of questionnaires T2-T5, T7-T10: in-class questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Semester attainment
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- α = .79
- Remarks
- T2-T5 + T7-T10: Assessed 8 times during 3 month semester
- Distribution
- M=4.10, SD=1.07
- Operationalization
- At the beginning of the semester participants named 3 goals "that we tthink about, plan for, carry out, and sometimes (though not always) complete or succeed at"
8 times during semester participants answered for all 3 goals the question how effective they felt in goal pursuing
Rated 1 (not well at all) to 7 (very much)
semester attainment variable was formed by averaging the 12 ratings
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta controlled for:
- T1 happiness (indicating CHANGE in happiness)
- Self-concordance
- Interaction between self-concordance and semester-attainment
Beta controlled for:
- T1 happiness (indicating CHANGE in happiness)
- need satisfaction
Happiness assessed at: T1: at beginning of semester, T6: 6 weeks later, T11: another 6 weeks later
Beta controlled for:
- T1 happiness
- self-concordance
- goal attainment