Dosset (2011): study US 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Dosset, T.H.
- Title:
- The Influence of the Character Strengths of Gratitude and Kindness on Subjective Well-Being
- Source:
- PhD Thesis, 2011, College of Education, Louisiana University, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Psychology students participating in a training, USA
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 64
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
All surveys and journal entries were completed online. Mass email reminders were sent to participants with electronic links and instructions for completing each part of the study. Additionally, verbal announcements were made to participating classes.
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 feel this way during the past few days:
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's PANAS ('past few days' version) - Classification:
- A-BW-c-mq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- PANAS
- Remarks:
- Mean score at baseline, whole sample
- Page in publication:
- 40
- Error estimates:
- PA: Cronbachs alpha 0.86-0.90 NA: Cronbachs alpha 0.84-0.87
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 15.60 -
- SD:
- - -