Bakker et al. (2020): study NL 2011
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bakker, A.B.; Burger, M.; Oerlemans, W.; VanHaren, P.; Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- Raise of Happiness Following Raised Awareness of How Happy One Feels: A Follow-Up of Repeated Users of the Happiness Indicator Website
- Source:
- International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 2020, online,
Investigation
- Public
- Returning users of a happiness self-help website, Netherlands, 2011-2015
- Survey name
- NL-GeluksWijzer
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 5411
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness self-help tool box
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How happy have you felt during the last month?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
All response options indicated by both a number and a smiley
No verbal labels are used
Preceded by the question 'How happy do you feel today?' (Both for focusing on affect and for avoiding mood bias) - Classification:
- A-AOL-cm-sq-f-11-a
- Author's label:
- happiness
- Remarks:
- Estimate of how happy one had felt over the last month
Feeling of happiness 'today': M = 6,70 SD = 1,37 - Page in publication:
- 9
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.37 6.37
- SD:
- 1.57 1.57