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Studies

Kross et al. (2013): study US 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Kross, E.; Demiralp, E.; Verduyn, P.
Title:
Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults.
Source:
Open Access, 2013, Plos One, Vol. 8, 1 - 7

Investigation

Public
Facebook users, Ann Arbor, Michigan, followed 14 days, USA, 2013
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 82
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Survey via mobile phone.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question text messaged 5 times a day

How do you feel right now?
0   very positive
:
:
:
:
100  very negative
Classification:
A-AOL-mi-sqr-ol-101-a
Author's label:
Affect
Remarks:
Scale reversed to range 0 (negative) to 100 (positive) by WDH team.
Page in publication:
Page 3
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:
72.53 7.25
SD:
25.88 2.59

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Worry