Nawijn (2011): study 2009
Publication
- Author(s):
- Nawijn, J.
- Title:
- Determinants of Daily Happiness on Vacation.
- Source:
- Journal of Travel Research, 2011, Vol. 50, 559 - 566
Investigation
- Public
- International tourists visiting the Netherlands, 2009
- Sample
- Non-probability accidental sample
- Respondents
- N = 466
- Non Response
- Assessment
- 
        Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)                    
 Questionnaire completed on the spot
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on 8 questions:
 
 ..how frequent one experienced in the past few weeks..
 A happy
 B satisfied
 C contented
 D cheerful
 E sorry
 F sad
 G depressed
 H dissatisfied
 
 Rated for applicability:
 4 definitely
 3 slightly
 2 slightly not
 1 definitely not
 
 Summation: (A+B+C+D) - (E+F+G+H)
 
 Name: Hedonic Tone (HT) subscale of UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990)
- Classification:
- A-AB-cm-mq-v-4-d
- Author's label:
- Affect balance
- Remarks:
- PA: M = 4.74; NA: M = 1.09
- Page in publication:
- 560
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -12 - 12 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.65 7.61
- SD:
- - -