Study

Publication
Author(s)	Gallagher, E.M.; Vella-Brodrick, D.A.
Title	Social Support and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being.
Source	Personality and Individual Differences, 2008, Vol. 44, 1551 - 1561
URL	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188690800024X
DOI	doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.01.011
Investigation
Public	18 - 80 aged, Victoria, Australia, 200?
Survey name	Unnamed study
	Data constituted a subset of a larger study
Sample	Non-probability accidental sample
	Participants at least 18 years of age
Respondents N =	1200
	Sample recruited from general population, 267 participants (196 females), mean age 41.52 years, 72.6% has completed university, college or post-graduated studies
Non Response	87.2%
Assesment	Questionnaire: paper
	Questionnaire kits with reply paid envelopes placed in public places
General remarks	Year of data gathering not reported. Estimated 2003
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 20 questions. This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you generally feel this way, that is, how you feel on average? A nervous B distressed C afraid D jittery E irritable F upset G scared H exiled I ashamed J guilty K hostile L active M determined N inspired O enthusiastic P alert Q attentive R proud S strong T interested Answer options: 1 very slightly or not at all 2 a little 3 moderately 4 quite a bit 5 very much Negative affect score (NAS): A to K Positive affect score (PAS): L to T Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('in general' version)
Classification	A-BW-g-mq-v-5-g
Author's label	Subjective well-being
Page in publication	1553
Remarks	positive affect: M = 35.80, SD = 6.59 negative affect: M = 18.35, SD = 6.77
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes