Study

Publication
Author(s)	Emmons, R.A.; McCullough, M.E.
Title	Counting Blessings versus Burdens: an Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life.
Source	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, 377 - 389
DOI	DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.377
Investigation
Public	Students in a wellbeing course, USA, 1998
	192 undergraduates
Survey name	Unnamed study
Sample	Non-probability chunk sample
	Psychology students, enrolled in a health psychology class, participating to fulfill the experiental learning component of the course.
Respondents N =	192
	First 201 respondents, 9 were dropped for missing or incomplete data.
Non Response	Not available
Assesment	Diary
General remarks	Study 1 of 3 studies, p. 379. Year of study not reported, assumed 1998
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 30 questions repeated 9 weeks To what extent did you feel last week,, A interested B distressed C excited D alert E irritable F sad G stressed H ashamed I happy J grateful K tired L upset O strong P nervous Q guilty R joyful S determined T thankful U calm V attentive X forgiving Y hostile Z energetic Aa hopeful Ab enthusiastic Ac active Ad afraid Ae,proud Af appreciative Ag angry Rated 1 not at all 2 3 4 5 very much Computation: (A+C+D+I+G+J+O+R+S+T+U+V+X+Z+Aa+Ab+Ac+AF)/17 - (B+E+F+G+H_+K+L+P+Q+Y+Ad+AG)/13
Classification	A-AB-cw-mqr-v-5-a
Author's label	mood
Page in publication	379
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Full text	Selfreport on single question: How do you feel about your life as a whole during the last week.....? 7 delighted 6 pleased 5 mostly satisfied 4 mixed 3 mostly dissatisfied 2 unhappy 1 terrible Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale' (last week version)
Classification	O-DT-cw-sq-v-7-a
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label	Subject Code Finding	Subject description
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ad03ka	Count blessings/curses
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ae02a	Exercise, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ad03kb	Gratitude training, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ae05a	Mandatory, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ae04a	Mono sort, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ae03b	Multiple treatment moments, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	H16ae06b	School, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercises	P05df	Thankfull, also classified as above ↑