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Littman-Ovadia & Nir (2014): study IL 2011

Publication

Author(s):
Littman-Ovadia, H.; Nir, D.
Title:
Looking Forward to Tomorrow: The Buffering Effect of A Daily Optimism Intervention
Source:
The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2014, Vol. 9, 122 - 136

Investigation

Public
Adults, Israel, 2011
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 77
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

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 generally feel this way, that is, how you feel on average?
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)/10
Positive affect score (PAS): (K to T)/10
Affect Balance Score  (ABS): PAS - NAS

Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('in general' version)
Classification:
A-BW-g-mq-v-5-g
Author's label:
Positive and negative affect scale
Remarks:
Mean score at baseline for whole sample
Page in publication:
125
Error estimates:
Cronbach's alpha PA 0.85 - 0.85 - 0.88 Cronbach's alpha NA 0.83 - 0.87 - 0.88
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range -4 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.10 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Optimism intervention