Study

Publication
Author(s)	Brunstein, J.C.
Title	Personal Goals and Subjective Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study.
Source	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1993, Vol. 65, 1061 - 1070
Investigation
Public	Students, Germany, 1988, followed 14 weeks
	average age: 23.5 (SD = 2.74)
Collect period	beginning November
Last assesment	1989
Last collect period	mid-February
	Repeated assesment with 4 week intervals (6 weeks in December due to Christmas holiday ): T1: beginning of November, T2: beginning of December, T3: mid-January, T4: mid-February
Survey name	Unnamed study
	Longitudinal study in which participants were to list six personal goals they considered to be most important for them in the next few months. In a period of 14 week there were 4 moment when they were asked about their commitment to the goals, their perception of attainability of the goals and the last 3 times the progress they percieved they had made concerning their goals. At all 4 moments the participants also got a question about their current well-being.
Sample	Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents N =	97
	36 women, 52 men
Non Response	9
	4 dropped out, 3 had missing data, 2 changed their personal goals within the period of the study
Assesment	Questionnaire: web
	T1 intructions were carried out in group sessions, T2-T4 intructions were mailed to the subjects and they were to reply.
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 2 questions: A At present I am completely satisfied with my life B In the near future a lot of things will have to change before I feel satisfied with my life Rated 1 completely disagree 2 3 4 5 6 7 completely agree Computation: (A+B)/2, B reversed
Classification	O-SLW-c-mq-n-7-a
Page in publication	1064
Remarks	Assessed 4 times with an interval of 4 weeks: M = T1: 4.17, T2: 3.82, T3: 4.23, T4: 4.22. Average: 4.12 SD = T1: 1.23, T2: 1.56, T3: 1.54, T4: 1.22. Average: 1.52
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Full text	Selfreport on 8 questions … extent to which moods were experienced during the past few days (full text not reported} A happy B joyful C pleased D confident E sad F depressed G frustrated H anxious Rated: 1 not at all : 7 very frequently Computation: (A+B+C+D) -(E+F+G+H)/4
Classification	A-AB-c-mq-n-7-a
Author's label	elated and depressed mood
Page in publication	1063-65
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Full text	Selfreport on 10 questions: A 8 questions about current mood extent to which moods were experienced during the past few days (full text not reported} a happy b joyful c pleased d confident e sad f depressed g frustrated h anxious Rated: 1 not at all to 7 very frequently B 2 questions on life satisfaction a At present I am completely satisfied with my life b In the near future a lot of things will have to change before I feel satisfied with my life Rated: 1 completely disagree .. 7 completely agree Computation: (A+B)/2
Classification	M-AO-c-mq-n-7-a
Author's label	subjective wellbeing scale
Page in publication	1065
Remarks	Satisfaction with life measured by substracting scores on depressed mood from scores on elated mood (the original scores are divided by 4). M = T1: 5.42, T2 = 5.39, T3: 6.99, T4: 6.03 SD = T1: 1.09, T2: 1.44, T3: 0.18, T4: 0.50
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label		Our subject description
Attainability of personal goals	show	Perceived chances for realization
Commitment to personal goals	show	Involvement in life-goals
Progress in goal achievement	show	Perceived realization of life-goals
Well-being over time	show	Recent happiness (< 1 year ago)