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Studies

Diener et al. (2012): study US 1991

Publication

Author(s):
Diener, E.; Fujita, F.; Tay, L.
Title:
Purpose, Mood, and Pleasure in Predicting Satisfaction Judgments.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2012, Vol. 105, 333 - 341

Investigation

Public
College students, USA, followed 7 weeks 1991-1992
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 222
Non Response
8
Assessment
Diary
Respondents completed end-of-the-day reports each evening for 52 days, in which they reported their satisfaction with the day, the frequency of specific emotions and interest that day, and the amount of physical pleasure they experienced that day.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 10 questions about affective experience during the last day, repeated 52 days

How frequent one had experienced  ..(Lead item not reported)
A  Happiness
B  Joy
C  Affection
D  Love
E  Anger
F  Anxiety
G  Depression
H  Guilt
I   Jealousy
J  Sadness
K  Unhappiness

Rated:
1  none
:
7 always

Computation: (A+B+C+D)/4 - (E+F+G+H+I+J+K)/6
Classification:
A-AB-md-mqr-n-7-a
Author's label:
Affect balance
Page in publication:
336
Error estimates:
Cronbach alpha: - daily pleasant emotionsS 0,87 - daily unpleasant emotions 0,92
Full text:
Selfreport on single question answered at the end of the day during 52 days

… satisfaction with the day .. (full text not reported)
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Scale labels not reported
Classification:
M-DS-cd-sqr-?-7-a
Author's label:
Daily satisfaction
Page in publication:
335
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.50 -
SD:
1.10 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Life Satisfaction