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Chan (2013a): study CN 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Chan, D.W.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being of Hong Kong Chinese Teachers: The Contribution of Gratitude, Forgiveness, and the Orientations to Happiness
Source:
Teaching and Teacher Education, 2013, Vol. 32, 22-30

Investigation

Public
Schoolteachers, Hongkong, China, 2008
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability accidental sample
Respondents
N = 143
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 20 questions.

This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you felt this way in general?:

A  nervous
B  distressed
C  afraid
D  jittery
E  irritable
F  upset
G  scared
H  ashamed
I  guilty
J  hostile
K  excited
L  active
M  determined
N  inspired
O  enthusiastic
P  alert
Q  attentive
R  proud
S  strong
T  interested

Answer options:  
1  very slightly or not at all
2  a little
3  moderately
4  quite a bit
5  extremely

Negative affect score (NAS): A to J
Positive affect score (PAS): K to T
Affect Balance Score  (ABS): PAS - NAS

Name: Watson et al's PANAS (in general version)
Classification:
A-BW-g-mq-v-5-b
Author's label:
Panas
Remarks:
Affect balance computed by WDH team subtracting NA 25.54 from PA 35.00
Page in publication:
26
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
Mean:
9.46 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gratitude