Mitchell et al. (2009): study AU 2007
Publication
- Author(s):
- Mitchell, J.; Klein, B.; Stanimirovic, R.
- Title:
- A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Self-Guided Internet Intervention Promoting Well-Being.
- Source:
- Computers in Human Behaviour, 2009, Vol. 25, 749 - 760
Investigation
- Public
- Participants in a strength training and controls, Australia, 2009
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 160
- Non Response
- 69% at T2; 83% at T3
- Assessment
-
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
T1: demographic survey and 5 mental-health and well-being questionnaires; T2: 3 groups: 2 groups filled in questionnaires after the intervention sessions that, including homework, took 3 weeks, the placebo group filled in an abreviated version of the problem solving intervention without utilizing the interactive web features, and were not asked to apply the acquired information to a real life problem.T3: After 3 months respondents were sent an e-mail request to complete the 5 mental-health and well-being questionnaires for a final time. Only respondents who completed the whole online intervention were prompted to proceed to nthe post- and follow-up phases of the study.
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:
- Positive and negative affect
- Remarks:
- Unweighed average and SD at T1 computed by WDH-team
- Page in publication:
- 752
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 18.60 -
- SD:
- 6.22 -