Study Brunstein (1993): study DE 1988
- Public
- Students, Germany, 1988, followed 14 weeks
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 97
- Non Response
- 9
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
T1 intructions were carried out in group sessions, T2-T4 intructions were mailed to the subjects and they were to reply.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Well-being over time
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed with 4 week intervals at T1, T2, T3 and T4
- Distribution
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Satisfaction with life measured by substracting scores on depressed mood from scores on elated mood (the original scores are divided by 4).
M = T1: 5.42, T2 = 5.39, T3: 6.99, T4: 6.03
SD = T1: 1.09, T2: 1.44, T3: 0.18, T4: 0.50 - Operationalization
- Selfreport on 10 questions:
A 8 questions about current mood
… extent to which moods were experienced during the past few days (full text not reported}
a happy
b joyful
c pleased
d confident
e sad
f depressed
g frustrated
h anxious
Rated: 1 not at all … 7 very frequently
B 2 questions on life satisfaction
a At present I am completely satisfied with my life
b In the near future a lot of things will have to change before I feel satisfied with my life
Rated: 1 completely disagree .. 7 completelt agree
Computation: (A+B)/2