Brown et al. (2009a): study US 2006
Publication
- Author(s):
- Brown, K.W.; Kasser, T.; Ryan, R.M.
- Title:
- When what One has is Enough: Mindfulness, Financial Desire Discrepancy, and Subjective Well-Being.
- Source:
- Journal of Research in Personality, 2009, Vol. 43, 727 - 736
Investigation
- Public
- Participants in a mindfulness meditation course, USA, 200?
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 69
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
completed in a 1-hour single session
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 16 questions
A Self report on life satisfaction on 5 questions
a In most ways my life is close to ideal
b The conditions of my life are excellent
c I am satisfied with my life
d So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life
e If I could live my life over, I would change nothing
Rated: 7 strongly agree ...1 strongly disagree
B: Self report on 9 questions. In the past week to which extend did you feel:
a Happy
b Joy
c Pleased
d Enjoyment,/Fun
e Cheerful
f Sad
g Worried
h Frustrated
i Upset
Rated: 7 extremely to 1 not at all
COMPUTATION:
(mean A) + ((mean Ba to Be) - (mean Bf to Bi))/2
Source:
A: Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
B: Diener & Emmons scale of pleasant and unpleasant affect valence - Classification:
- M-AO-*-mq-v*-7-e
- Author's label:
- subjective wellbeing
- Remarks:
- mean score prior to training
- Page in publication:
- 733
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.48 -
- SD:
- 1.42 -