| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Scollon, C.N.; Caldwell, A.E.; Howard, A.H.; Ito, S. |
| Title | The Role of Ideal Affect in the Experience and Memory of Emotions. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, Vol. 10, 257 -2 69 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s10902-007-9079-9 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Students, Texas, USA, 2009 |
| Undergraduate students, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth | |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Non-probability accidental sample |
| Respondents N = | 83 |
| Originally 87 participants, of which 4 failed to complete all measures, leaving 83 respondents (60 females, 23 males). Age 18-44 (M=21.18, SD=3.34) | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Multiple methods |
| 1. Web questionnaire completed at the beginnig of the study 2. Experience sampling: during 7 days participants were asked to answer the questionnaire on a hand held palm pilot at 7 random times a day when signaled by an alarm. | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 12 questions asked repeatedly (experience sampling) How did you feel just before the beeper went off? A Happy B Joy C Sociable D Excited E Proud F Calm G Sad H Guilty I Worried J Anxious K Irritated L Bored Rated: 1 not at all : 5 with maximum intensity Computation: (A+B+C+D+E+F)/6 - (G+H+I+J+K+L)/6 |
| Classification | A-AB-mi-mqr-n-5-a |
| Author's label | On-line emotion |
| Page in publication | 262 |
| Remarks | 7 day experience sampling with 7 recordings per day. Average scores over the week were dichtomized in % of the time felt positive (78,0%) and % of the time felt negative (48,6) ABS=32.4%, computed by WDH-team from PA-NA, which denotes % of the time more in positive mood |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -4 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 32.40 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Full text | Selfreport on 12 questions: … how much one GENERALLY feels ... (full text not reported) A Happy B Joy C Sociable D Excited E Proud F Calm G Sad H Guilty I Worried J Anxious K Irritated L Bored Rated: 1 never to 7 always Computation: (A+B+C+D+E+F)/6 - (G+H+I+J+K+L)/6 |
| Classification | A-AB-g-mq-n-7-a |
| Author's label | Global emotion |
| Page in publication | 262-263 |
| Remarks | ABS computed by WDH-team from PA=4,76 minus NA=3,21. |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -6 - 6 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 1.51 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Full text | Selfreport on 12 questions: ..how much of the time you remember to have experienced these moods in the past week (during which respondents participated in experience sampling). A happy B joyful C contented D cheerful E pleasant F elated G frustrated H sad I depressed J dissatisfied K gloomy L dejected Rated: % of the time experienced Summation: (A+B+C+D+ E+ F) - (G+H+I+J+K+L) Name: adapted from UWIST mood adjective checklist (Mathews et. al. 1990) |
| Classification | A-AB-cw-mq-th%-101-a |
| Author's label | Retrospective emotion |
| Page in publication | 263 |
| Remarks | Assessed after a week experience sampling using the same questions; one week and two weeks later. Average scores were dichotomized in % remembered positive mood (48,4) and % remembered negative mood (26,4) ABS=22.0%, computed by WDH-team from PA-NA |
| Error estimates | Cronbach alpha's range from .74 to .87 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -100 - 100 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 22.00 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Ideal affect | show | Valuation of happiness |