| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Jans-Beken, L |
| Title | Gratitude, Psychopathology and Subjective Well-Being: Results from a 7.5 Month Prospective General Population Study |
| Source | PdD dissetation, 2018 Open University of Heerlen, Heerlen, Netherlands, Capter 4. |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2016, followed 30 weeks |
| Dutch Speaking respondents Mean Age = 44; Range 18-80 T3: N=280 (40%) | |
| Collect period | T0, T1,T2,T3 in 2016 |
| T0-T1: 6 weeks; T0-T2: 18 weeks; T0-T3: 30 weeks | |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Non-probability accidental sample |
| No exclusion criteria were applied to obtain a demographically heterogeneous sample. Respondents recruited using flyers, social media, and face-to-face contacts. | |
| Respondents N = | 706 |
| At T0: 706 Dutch speaking respondents At T1: 440 (62%) At T2: 321 (45%) At T3: 280 (40%) | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Panel drop-out: T0-T1: 38%; T0-T2: 55%; T0-T3: 60% | |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: web |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 124 questions: A Using the 1-7 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding. a In most ways my life is close to ideal b The conditions of my life are excellent c I am satisfied with my life d So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life e If I could live my life over again, I would change nothing Answers rated: 7 strongly agree 6 agree 5 slightly agree 4 neither agree nor disagree 3 slightly disagree 2 disagree 1 strongly disagree Name: Diener's Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) B Indicate to what extend you feel this way the past week in your life: 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 extremely Affect Balance Score (ABS): (a-k) - (l-t) Name: Watson's PANAS Computation: A+B |
| Classification | M-AO---mq-*-124-c |
| Author's label | Subjective Well-being |
| Page in publication | 101 |
| Error estimates | McDonald' s W-total reliable coefficient range .93-.94 over the waves. Average test-retest correlation: r = .89 (Interclass Correlation Coefficient, ICC) (CI95 .87--.90; see correlates) |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Gratitude | show | Earlier life-appraisals |
| Psychopathology | show | Earlier psycho-somatic complaints |
| Test-retest (previous happiness) | show | Actual level of earlier/later happiness |