| 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 |
| Long-term meditators recruited from Dutch vipassana meditation communities | |
| Respondents N = | 20 |
| 10 meditators 10 Controls with no meditation experience matched for age and sexe | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| 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 |
| Page in publication | 74 |
| Remarks | Meditators: M = 22.00 SD 1,76 Controls: M = 21,30 SD = 1,82 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 4 - 28 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 21.65 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Full text | Selfreport on 10 questions: During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no) A Particularly excited or interested in something? B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair? C Proud because someone complimented you on something you had done? D Very lonely or remote from other people? E Pleased about having accomplished something? F Bored? G On top of the world? H Depressed or very unhappy? I That things were going your way? J Upset because someone criticized you? Answer options and scoring: yes = 1 no = 0 Summation: -Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I -Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J -Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Possible range: -5 to +5 Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) |
| Classification | A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a |
| Author's label | Positive and Negative affect |
| Page in publication | 74 |
| Remarks | Meditators: M =7,60, Controls: M = 9,10 Affect Balance computed by WDH team fro m PA-NA |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range -5 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 8.35 | |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Long-term meditation | show | Course, class, training group |
| Long-term meditation | show | Earlier meditation, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | Exercise, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | Meditating,praying, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | Meditation, mindfullness, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | Mono sort, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | Multiple treatment moments, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | No particular setting, recruitment on interest, also classified as above ↑ |
| Long-term meditation | show | Voluntary, unsolicited, also classified as above ↑ |