| Study | Haeck et al. (2016): study ZZ 2012 |
| Title | Impact of Psychoeducational Content Delivered Online to a Positive Psychology Aware Community |
| Source | Journal of Positive Psychology, 2016, Vol. 11, 270 - 275 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972096/ |
| Public | Users of a 6 week online psychoeducation course, 35 nations, 201? |
| Sample | Non-probability self-selected |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 122 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Change in affect before-after course |
| Page in Source | 4 |
| Our classification | Biblio therapy |
| Operationalization | Participants were e-mailed a link to a web-based lesson each week for six weeks. Each lesson focussed on a different aspect of fostering positive emotions, including a: meaning and purpose b; strenghts c; work d; mindfulness and savouring e: gratitude and relationships f: hedonia versus eudaimonia Each lesson contained video's, blog posts and questionnaires with normative feedback. |
| Remarks | None of the lessons mentioned or provided instructions for spefific happiness increasing activities |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| A-BW-?-mq-v-5-a | DM=+ s | Pre-Post course CHANGE in happiness: - positive affect: +1,44 (05) - negative affect: -4,77 (01) Hence gain in Affect balance +6,21 |
| A-BW-?-mq-v-5-a | D%sr=7,8% | 7,8% of possible range -40 to +40 Greater change in happiness among users who: - had most negative affect at baseline - spend less time on the website - practiced more happiness increasing behaviours |
| Code | Full Text |
| A-BW-?-mq-v-5-a | Selfreport on 20 questions: Lead item not reported. A nervous B distressed C afraid D jittery E irritable F upset G scared H excited I ashamed J guilty K hostile L active M determined N inspired O enthusiastic P alert Q attentive R proud S strong T interested Rated: 1: slightly/not at all . . 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 version not reported |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| D%sr | DIFFERENCE in % of SCALE RANGE Scale range = highest theoretical value minus lowest theoretical value |
| DM | DIFFERENCE of MEANS Type: descriptive statistic only. Measurement level: Correlate: dichotomous, Happiness: metric Range: depending on the happiness rating scale of the author; range symmetric about zero. Meaning: the difference of the mean happiness, as measured on the author's rating scale, between the two correlate levels. |