Study

Publication
Author(s)	Layous, K.; Chancellor, J.; Kurtz, J.L.; Lyubomirsky, S.
Title	Reframing the Ordinary: Imaging Time as Scarce Increases in Wellbeing
Source	The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2018, Vol 13, 301 - 308
DOI	DOI: doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2017.127910
Investigation
Public	Students participating in happiness training, USA, 2014
	Undergraduates, 86 % female, 84 % white, mean age 18,7
Survey name	Unnamed study
Sample	Non-probability self-selected
	students were giving course credits in exchange for participation
Respondents N =	139
Non Response	Not available
	139 participants, 28 dropped out during follow-up = 20%
Assesment	Questionnaire: web
General remarks	year of data gathering not reported, assumed 2014
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 24 questions A Indicate your agreement with the following statements Aa In most ways my life is close to ideal Ab The conditions of my life are excellent Ac I am satisfied with my life Ad So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life Ae If I could live my life over again, I would change nothing B ; Today I felt. Ba joyful Bb grateful Bc amused Bd content Be proud Bf awed Bg loving Bh hopeful Bi interested Bj angry Bk sad Bl afraid Bm ashamed Bn contemptuous Bo embarrassed Bp guilty Bq disgusted Rating scales not reported Computation: A and b standardized and summed A is Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale SWLS B is Fredrickson's modified Differential Emotions Scale mDES 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), Today version
Classification	M-ACO-cw-mq-v-3-a
Author's label	Well-Being composite
Page in publication	304
Remarks	baseline score, groups together
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label	Subject Code Finding	Subject description
Time Scarcety Intervention	H04ab02	Actual changes in happiness
Time Scarcety Intervention	T01ab01	Awareness of time, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ad03ka	Count blessings/curses, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ae02a	Exercise, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ad03j	Life style awareness training, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ae04a	Mono sort, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ae03b	Multiple treatment moments, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ae05b	On invitation, payed in money or study credit, also classified as above ↑
Time Scarcety Intervention	H16ae06b	School, also classified as above ↑