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Studies

Della Porta (2013): study ZZ 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Della Porta, M.D.
Title:
Enhancing the Effects of Happiness-Boosting Activities: The Role of Autonomy Support in an Experimental Longitudinal Intervention.
Source:
UC Riverside Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013, 1 - 57

Investigation

Public
Student participants in a kindness training, South Korea and USA 200?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 218
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 17 questions:

During the past week I felt ..
A  joyful
B  grateful
C  amused
D  content
E  proud
F  awed
G  loving
H  hopeful
I   interested
J  angry
K  sad
L  afraid
M  ashamed
N  contemptuous
O  embarrassed
P  guilty
Q  disgusted

Rated
1  very slight, or not at all
2  little
3  moderate
4  quite a bit
5  extreme

Computation: (A to I)/9 - (J to Q)/8

Name: Fredrickson et. al (2003) Differential Emotions Scale  (mDES) Last week variant
Classification:
A-BF-cw-mq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Positive and negative emotions.
Page in publication:
17

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Performing acts of kindness with or without and autonomy support Kind
Current social support received
Voluntary work, helping people
Kindness training
Exercise
School
On invitation, paid in money or study credit
Regularly academic work with or without autonomy support Kind of social support received
Teaching practices in school