Al-Hussaini et al. (2001): study OM 1998
Publication
- Author(s):
- Al-Hussaini, A.A.; Antony, S.X.; Dorvlo, A.S.
- Title:
- Vipassana Meditation: A Naturalistic, Preliminary Observation in Muscat.
- Source:
- Medical Sciences, 2001, Vol.3, 87 - 92 (Published by Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Investigation
- Public
- Meditation trainees and controls, Oman, 1998
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 45
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole at present?
3 happy
2 undecided
1 unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-n
- Author's label:
- happy
- Remarks:
- Baseline hapiness: Experimental group: M=2,87; SD=0,60 Control group: M=1,87; SD=0,43
- Page in publication:
- 6
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.09 -
- SD:
- 0.60 -