| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Dosset, T.H. |
| Title | The Influence of the Character Strengths of Gratitude and Kindness on Subjective Well-Being |
| Source | PhD Thesis, 2011, College of Education, Louisiana University, USA |
| URL | https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/dissertations/383/ |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Psychology students participating in a training, USA |
| Mean age 20.7 | |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Non-probability chunk sample |
| Participants from six classes participated with volunteers from three classes assigned as the experimental (gratitude group) and the other three classes as the control group (control group). Participants received study credits. | |
| Respondents N = | 64 |
| Treatment. 43 Control: 21 | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Original sample n = 95, drop out 35% | |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: web |
| All surveys and journal entries were completed online. Mass email reminders were sent to participants with electronic links and instructions for completing each part of the study. Additionally, verbal announcements were made to participating classes. | |
| General remarks | Year of data gathering not reported; assumed 2008 |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 20 questions. This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you feel this way during the last day A nervous B distressed C afraid D jittery E irritable F upset G scared H exiled I ashamed J guilty K hostile L active M determined N inspired O enthusiastic P alert Q attentive R proud S strong T interested Answer options: 1 very slightly or not at all 2 a little 3 moderately 4 quite a bit 5 extremely Negative affect score (NAS): A to K Positive affect score (PAS): L to T Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS Name: Watson's PANAS ('past few days' version) |
| Classification | A-BW-c-mq-v-5-c |
| Author's label | PANAS |
| Page in publication | 40 |
| Error estimates | PA: Cronbachs alpha 0.86-0.90 NA: Cronbachs alpha 0.84-0.87 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Gratitude training | show | Course, class, training group |
| Gratitude training | show | Gratitude training, also classified as above ↑ |