Sheldon et al. (2002): study US 2000
Publication
- Author(s):
- Sheldon, K.M.; Kasser, T.; Smith, K.
- Title:
- Personal Goals and Psychological Growth: Testing an Intervention to Enhance Goal Attainment and Personality Integration.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality, 2002, Vol. 70, 5 - 31
Investigation
- Public
- Psychology students participating in a growth training, USA, 200?
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 90
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 20 questions:
Lead item not reported
A nervous
B distressed
C afraid
D jittery
E irritable
F upset
G scared
H excited
I ashamed
J guilty
K hostile
L active
M determined
N inspired
O enthusiastic
P alert
Q attentive
R proud
S strong
T interested
Rated:
1: not at all
2
3
4
5
6
7 frequently
Negative affect score NAS: (A to J)/10
Positive affect score PAS:( K to T)/10
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS
Name: Watson's PANAS last week version - Classification:
- A-BW-cw-mq-n-7-b
- Author's label:
- Affect balance
- Remarks:
- Baseline score. Original scale ranges from -60 to 60. The authors used the average scores for negative affect and positive affect, which makes the range -3 to 3
- Page in publication:
- 13
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -6 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.65 -
- SD:
- 1.52 -