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Studies

McMahan et al. (2014): study US 2012

Publication

Author(s):
McMahan, E.A.; Choi, I.; Ryu, S.
Title:
Lay Conceptions of Well-Being Among Undergraduate Students from the United States and South Korea: Culture-Level Differences and Correlates.
Source:
Social lndicators Research, 2014, Vol. 119, 321 - 339

Investigation

Public
students, undergraduated, USA, 2012
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability accidental sample
Respondents
N = 179
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 20 questions:

Lead item not reported.
A  nervous
B  distressed
C  afraid
D  jittery
E  irritable
F  upset
G  scared
H  excited
I   ashamed
J  guilty
K  hostile
L  active
M  determined
N  inspired
O  enthusiastic
P  alert
Q  attentive
R  proud
S  strong
T  interested

Rated:
1: slightly/not at all
.
.
5  extremely

Negative affect score (NAS): A to K
Positive affect score (PAS): L to T
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS

Name: Watson's PANAS version not reported
Classification:
A-BW-?-mq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Positive and Negative Affective Schedule
Remarks:
Affect Balance computed by WDH team
Page in publication:
326
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.65 -
SD:
- -