Beaman (2010): study CA 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Beaman, A.
- Title:
- The Role of Emotional Awareness, and Positive and Negative Social Support in Predicting Well-Being in Recent Retirees.
- Source:
- Thesis in the Department of Psychology, 2010 Concordia University, 1 - 112, Quebec, Canada
Investigation
- Public
- Recent retirees, Canada, followed 1 year, 200/-200/
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 327
- Non Response
- T1:26,8%, T2:12,8%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
completed questionnaires at Concordia University T2: 12 months after T1
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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 felt this way during the past few weeks?
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 et al's PANAS ('past few weeks' version) - Classification:
- A-BW-cm-mq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- Well-Being
- Remarks:
- T1: M=21.68
T2: M=21.61
ABS computed by WDH-team
T1: substracting NA(15,5) from PA (37,18)
T2: substracting NA(15,8) from PA (37,41)
T2: 12 months after T1 - Page in publication:
- 32, 36, 60, 61, 65
- Error estimates:
- Internal consistency PA=.91; NA= .90 Internal reliability T1: PA=.90, NA=.89 T2: PA=.90, NA=.87
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 21.61 -
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
Current mood awareness
Awareness of affect
Satisfaction with availability of social, support