| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Zhang, J.; Yang, Y. |
| Title | Measuring Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison of China and the USA. |
| Source | Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2009,, Vol. 12, 221 - 225 |
| URL | http://blogs-journal.ccpn-global.org/2014/07/958/ |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2009.01287.x |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Univerities students, China, 2009 |
| Chinese students from two public universities in Beijing and Zi'an | |
| Year unreported, assumed to be 2009 | |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Respondents N = | 348 |
| - age: M=24.3 SD=6.42 - gender: 47.7% men; 52.3% women | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| 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 |
| Remarks | The reliability of the PA sub-scale: 0.86 The reliability of the NA sub-scale: 0.84 PA: M=2.83 SD=0.84 NA: M=1.88 SD=0.65 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -4 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.36 | |
| Standard deviation | 0.75 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Region in China | R01ab07 | Region in China |