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Studies

Della Porta (2013): study ZZ 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Della Porta, M.D.
Title:
Enhancing the Effects of Happiness-Boosting Activities: The Role of Autonomy Support in an Experimental Longitudinal Intervention.
Source:
UC Riverside Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013, 1 - 57

Investigation

Public
Student participants in a kindness training, South Korea and USA 200?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 218
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 17 questions:

During the past week I felt ..
A  joyful
B  grateful
C  amused
D  content
E  proud
F  awed
G  loving
H  hopeful
I   interested
J  angry
K  sad
L  afraid
M  ashamed
N  contemptuous
O  embarrassed
P  guilty
Q  disgusted

Rated
1  very slight, or not at all
2  little
3  moderate
4  quite a bit
5  extreme

Computation: (A to I)/9 - (J to Q)/8

Name: Fredrickson et. al (2003) Differential Emotions Scale  (mDES) Last week variant
Classification:
A-BF-cw-mq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Positive and negative emotions.
Page in publication:
17

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Performing acts of kindness with or without and autonomy support