Chan (2013): study HK 2011
Publication
- Author(s):
- Chan, D.W.
- Title:
- Counting blessings versus misfortunes: positive interventions and subjective well-being of Chinese school teachers in Hong Kong
- Source:
- Educational Psychology, 2013, Vol. 33, 504-519
Investigation
- Public
- School teachers, Hongkong, 2011
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 78
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
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 in general?:
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 (in general version) - Classification:
- A-BW-g-mq-v-5-b
- Author's label:
- Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
- Remarks:
- T1 Affect Balance computed by WDH-team subtracting NA from PA
- Page in publication:
- 508
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.70 -
- SD:
- - -