Findings on happiness in Emmons & McCullough (2003): study US 1998 /1

Publication
Author(s)Emmons, R.A.; McCullough, M.E.
TitleCounting Blessings versus Burdens: an Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life.
SourceJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, 377 - 389
DOIDOI:10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.377
Investigation
PublicStudents in a wellbeing course, USA, 1998
 192 undergraduates
Survey nameUnnamed study
SampleNon-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 ResponseNot available
AssesmentDiary
General remarksStudy 1 of 3 studies, p. 379. Year of study not reported, assumed 1998
Happiness measure(s) used
Full textSelfreport 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
ClassificationA-AB-cw-mqr-v-5-a
Author's labelmood
Page in publication379
Finding used in
nation ranks		Yes
Full textSelfreport 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)
ClassificationO-DT-cw-sq-v-7-a
Finding used in
nation ranks		Yes

Correlational findings

Author's label Our subject description
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Count blessings/curses
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Exercise, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Gratitude training, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Mandatory, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Mono sort, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Multiple treatment moments, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  School, also classified as above ↑
Counting blessings/hassles exercisesshow  Thankfull, also classified as above ↑