Study

Publication
Author(s)	Parks, A.C.; Della Porta, M.D.; Pierce, R.S.
Title	Pursuing Happiness in Everyday Life: The Characteristics and Behaviors of Online Happiness Seekers.
Source	Emotion, Advance online publication, 2012, 1 - 15
URL	http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/emo/12/6/1222/
DOI	doi: 10.1037/a0028587
Investigation
Public	Users of on-line self-help program, USA, 200?
	User of Iphone application 'Live Happy'
Survey name	Unnamed study
	Data gathering was part of the 'Live happy' on-line self-help program
Sample	Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents N =	327
Non Response	Not available
	Of the 2928 users only 237 took the current mood assesment on at least two occasions
Assesment	Questionnaire: web
General remarks	Year not reported, assumed 2007
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 6 questions on mood of the moment How do you feel right now A sad/happy B timid/confident C ashamed/unashamed D gloomy/cheerful E irritable/ good natured F afraid/unafraid Rated on coloured slider scalein which red indicates the negative extreme and yellow the positive extreme, with shaded colours in the middle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Classification	A-ASA-m-mq-n-7-d
Author's label	Mood measure
Page in publication	9
Remarks	Use of the mood questionnaire was optional and only some 10% of the participants used it more than once. Average number of days betwee uses: 8,74
Error estimates	Conbach alpha = .86
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label		Our subject description
Happiness increasing activity	show	Actual changes in happiness
Happiness increasing activity	show	No particular setting, recruitment on interest, also classified as above ↑
Happiness increasing activity	show	Online intervention, also classified as above ↑
Happiness increasing activity	show	Self-help, also classified as above ↑
Happiness increasing activity	show	Trainings for multiple mental skills, also classified as above ↑
Happiness increasing activity	show	Voluntary, unsolicited, also classified as above ↑