| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Brunstein, J.C.; Grässmann, R.; Schultheiss, O.C. |
| Title | Personal Goals and Emotional Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Motive Dispositions. |
| Source | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1998, Vol. 75, 494 - 508 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | University students, Erlangen, Germany,199? |
| German students enrolled in different faculties at the University of Erlangen. Psychology students were excluded. | |
| Year of data gathering not reported. Estimated 1993 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability sample (unspecified) |
| Students were paid for participation | |
| Respondents N = | 98 |
| 104 participated in the study and 6 were excluded for reasons. | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| And structured mood diary. | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 8 questions: ..how frequent one experienced in the past half day.. A happy B joyful C contented D cheerful E frustrated F sad G depressed H dissatisfied Rated 1: scarcely … 5: very frequently Summation: (A+B+C+D) - (E+F+G+H) Name: adapted from UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990) |
| Classification | A-AB-mp-mq-n-5-a |
| Author's label | Initial emotional wellbeing |
| Page in publication | 497-498 |
| Remarks | Assessed in the first session |
| Error estimates | Cronbach alpha = .80 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.62 | |
| Standard deviation | 5.11 |
| Full text | Selfreport on 8 questions repeated every second day during 2 weeks: ..how frequent one experienced in the past half day.. A happy B joyful C contented D cheerful E frustrated F sad G depressed H dissatisfied Rated 1: scarcely … 5: very frequently Summation: (A+B+C+D) - (E+F+G+H) Name: adapted from UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990) |
| Classification | A-AB-mp-mqr-n-5-a |
| Author's label | Daily emotional wellbeing |
| Page in publication | 497-498 |
| Remarks | Average of 12 observations: two times in every second day for 2 weeks (6 days*2 administrations= 12 occasions) |
| Error estimates | Cronbach alpha = .92 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.57 | |
| Standard deviation | 3.65 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Agentic need | show | Current motivation |
| Communal need | show | Current motivation |
| Daily emotional well being | show | A-AB by A-ARE |
| Daily emotional well being | show | Recent happiness (< 1 year ago), also classified as above ↑ |
| Predominant motive disposition: agentic over communal | show | Current motivation |
| Progress in agentic goals | show | Perceived realization of life-goals |
| Progress in communal goals | show | Perceived realization of life-goals |