Study Sheldon & Kasser (1998): study US 1998

Public

Students, USA, 1998

Sample

Respondents

N = 154

Non Response

59%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

goal progress

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Alpha .47

Remarks

Wellbeing was measured twelve times during semester

Operationalization

Participants had to list as many projects as they had at that moment concerning the time of the next semester, where project was defined as "goals and concerns that people think abour, plan for, carry out, and sometimes (though not always) complete or succeed at."

Then they selected the 5 most relevant projects.

12 times through the semester they were asked: "how much progress did you make during the five days since the last report?"

Rated 1(none) to 9(very much).

The ratings of all 5 projects were averaged per time period.

Observed Relation with Happiness