Study | Jacob & Brinkerhoff (1999): study US 1998 |
Title | Mindfulness and Subjective Well-Being in the Sustainability Movement: A Further Discrepancies Theory. |
Source | Social Indicators Research, 1999, Vol. 46, 341 - 368 |
DOI | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006941403481 |
Public | 'Back to the landers', USA 1998 |
Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
Non-Response | 41,8 |
Respondents N = | 565 |
Correlate | |
Author's label | Not named |
Page in Source | 360 |
Our classification | Summed effects of current individual conditions (micro level) |
Operationalization | a. Age b. Community size c. Work status d. Homestead food production e. Technological Self Reliance f. Mindfulness g. Time for Self h. Relationships i. Discrepancy between selfrated importance of homestead food production and actual percentage of homestead production j. Discrepancy between selfrated importance of ecological sensitivity and the actual use of technical devices k. Discrepancy between selfrated importance of ecological sensitivity and actual percentage of homestead production l. Discrepancy between selfrated importance of homestead food production and the actual use of technical devices m. Discrepancy of selfrated importance of country asceticism and the actual percentage of homestead production |
Remarks | In the case of stepwise regressions included predictors which resulted not in an increased RČ listed in brakets |
Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.19 | a(+b+c) |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.25 | d(+e) |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.37 | f |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.45 | f+g |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.48 | f+g+h |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.25 | i |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.29 | i+j(+k+l+m) |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.38 | f |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.47 | f+h |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.51 | f+h+j |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.54 | f+h+j+g |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | RČ=.55 | f+h+j+g+i(+a+d) |
Code | Full Text |
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | Selfreport on single question: Lead item not reported. 5 very happy 4 happy 3 neutral 2. unhappy 1 very unhappy |
Symbol | Explanation |
RČ | COEFFICIENT of DETERMINATION Type: test statistic Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric Range: [0; 1] Meaning: RČ = 0 « no influence of any correlate in this study has been established. RČ = 1 « the correlates determine the happiness completely. |