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Studies

Stieger & Götz (2015): study DE 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Stieger, S.; Götz, F. M.
Title:
Soccer results Affect Subjective Well-being, but only Briefly: A Smartphone Study during the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Source:
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015, Vol. 6, 497-505

Investigation

Public
Participants in diary study followed before and after Soccer World Championship, Germany 2014.
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability snowball sample
Respondents
N = 213
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Smart phone app called Well-Being Science App was designed for this study. The app was made freely available through the Google App Store, where participants could directly download the app on to their smart phones.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How is your wellbeing in general?
0
:
100

Labeling of scale ends not reported
Classification:
O-QOL-g-sq-ol-101-a
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:
75.35 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding World champion soccer games Passive involvement in sports
Repeated questioning over time
Sports events