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Choi (2011): study NL 2009 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Choi, Y.W.
Title:
Pathways to Happiness.
Source:
Thesis University of Nijmegen, 2011, Netherlands

Investigation

Public
Long-term meditators and controls, Netherlands 2009
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive-expert sample
Respondents
N = 20
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 4 questions, full texts not reported

A: Which (of the faces) best described how you feel at the
    present moment?
     7  completely happy
     6
     5
    4  neither happy nor unhappy
    3
    2
    1  completely unhappy
B: Which (of the faces) best described how you feel in
     general?
     7  completely happy
     6
     5
    4  neither happy nor unhappy
    3
    2
    1  completely unhappy
C: Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
     4  very happy
     3  quite happy
     2  not very happy
     1  not at all happy.
D  All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
    1   dissatisfied
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10  satisfied

Computation: A+B+C+D
Classification:
M-AO-*-mq-nvt-24-a
Author's label:
happiness
Remarks:
Meditators: M = 22.00 SD 1,76
Controls: M = 21,30 SD = 1,82
Page in publication:
74
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 4 - 28 On range 0-10
Mean:
21.65 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Long-term meditation Meditation, mindfulness
Earlier meditation
Course, class, training group
Exercise
No particular setting, recruitment on interest
Voluntary, unsolicited
Mono sort
Multiple treatment moments