| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Sheldon, K.M.; Lyubomirsky, S. |
| Title | Achieving Sustainable Gains in Happiness: Change Your Actions not Your Circumstances. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006, Vol.7, 55 - 86 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s10902-005-0868-8 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Psychology students, USA, followed 12 weeks, 200? |
| Year of data gathering not reported T1: at start of semester, T2: 6 weeks later, T3: 12 weeks later | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability chunk sample |
| Students of a psychology class | |
| Respondents N = | 204 |
| 136 female, 68 male | |
| Non Response | 26% |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on 25 questions A 20-item PANAS To what extend do you feel this way right now in your life? Aa nervous Ab distressed Ac afraid Ad jittery Ae irritable Af upset Ag scared Ah exiled Ai ashamed Aj guilty Ak hostile Al active Am determined An inspired Ao enthusiastic Ap alert Aq attentive Ar proud As strong At interested B 5-item Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener) Ba In most ways my life is close to ideal Bb The conditions of my life are excellent Bc I am satisfied with my life Bd So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life Be If I could live my life over, I would change nothing Answer options: 1 not at all 2 a little 3 moderately 4 quite a bit 5 very much Computation: (Aa +..Ak) - (Al+.. At) + (Ba+ …Be) |
| Classification | M-AO-m-mq-v-5-a |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.99 | |
| Standard deviation | 0.43 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Change in SWB | show | In recent past |
| circumstantial change | show | Overall degree of life-change |