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Studies

Carter et al. (2016): study GB Wales 2013

Publication

Author(s):
Carter, P.J.; Hore, B.; McGarrigle, L.
Title:
Happy thoughts: Enhancing Well-Being in the Classroom with a positive events Diary.
Source:
The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2016, on line version

Investigation

Public
School children, aged 9 and 11, Wales, United Kingdom, 2013
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 606
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How is your mood AT THIS MOMENT? Which of the smiles below fits best with how you feel?
1  sad smiley
2
3
4
5
6
7  happy smiley
Classification:
A-AOL-m-sq-f-7-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Mean computed by WDH-team from 3 cluster means .
Page in publication:
3
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.83 8.05
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Positive Psychology Intervention