Brunstein (1993): study DE 1988
Publication
- Author(s):
- Brunstein, J.C.
- Title:
- Personal Goals and Subjective Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1993, Vol. 65, 1061 - 1070
Investigation
- Public
- Students, Germany, 1988, followed 14 weeks
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 97
- Non Response
- 9
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
T1 intructions were carried out in group sessions, T2-T4 intructions were mailed to the subjects and they were to reply.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 2 questions:
A At present I am completely satisfied with my life
B In the near future a lot of things will have to change before I feel satisfied with my life
Rated
1 completely disagree
2
3
4
5
6
7 completely agree
Computation: (A+B)/2, B reversed - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-mq-n-7-a
- Remarks:
- Assessed 4 times with an interval of 4 weeks:
M = T1: 4.17, T2: 3.82, T3: 4.23, T4: 4.22. Average: 4.12
SD = T1: 1.23, T2: 1.56, T3: 1.54, T4: 1.22. Average: 1.52 - Page in publication:
- 1064
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.12 -
- SD:
- 1.51 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on 8 questions
… extent to which moods were experienced during the past few days (full text not reported}
A happy
B joyful
C pleased
D confident
E sad
F depressed
G frustrated
H anxious
Rated:
1 not at all
:
7 very frequently
Computation: (A+B+C+D) -(E+F+G+H)/4 - Classification:
- A-AB-c-mq-n-7-a
- Author's label:
- elated and depressed mood
- Page in publication:
- 1063-65
- Full text:
-
Self report on 10 questions:
A 8 questions about current mood
extent to which moods were experienced during the past few days (full text not reported}
a happy
b joyful
c pleased
d confident
e sad
f depressed
g frustrated
h anxious
Rated: 1 not at all to 7 very frequently
B 2 questions on life satisfaction
a At present I am completely satisfied with my life
b In the near future a lot of things will have to change before I feel satisfied with my life
Rated: 1 completely disagree .. 7 completely agree
Computation: (A+B)/2 - Classification:
- M-AO-c-mq-n-7-a
- Author's label:
- subjective wellbeing scale
- Remarks:
- Satisfaction with life measured by substracting scores on depressed mood from scores on elated mood (the original scores are divided by 4).
M = T1: 5.42, T2 = 5.39, T3: 6.99, T4: 6.03
SD = T1: 1.09, T2: 1.44, T3: 0.18, T4: 0.50 - Page in publication:
- 1065
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 0 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.96 -
- SD:
- 0.80 -