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
Feeling interested
Current hassles
Current joys
Current hassle/joy ratio