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Correlational findings

Study Passmore et al. (2018): study CA 2017

Public
Aged 17-40, undergraduate university students, Canada, 2017
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 230
Non Response
Assessment

Assessment not reported

Correlate

Authors's Label
Valuing happiness
Our Classification
Remarks
Other items not reported. Source: The Valuing Ha[ppiness Scale (Mauss et al. 2011)
Distribution
M=30.86; SD=6.40
SE b =.10
Operationalization
Selfreport on respondent's tendency to value happiness to a potentially extreme degree, rating 7 items, e.g. 'How happy I am at any given moment says a lot about how worthwile my life is' and ' If I don't feel happy, maybe there is something wrong with me'. Rated on a 7-point scale (1=strongly disagree to 7=strongly agree)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-f r = -.05 p < .01 n=216 A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-f b = -.23 p < .05 A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-f Beta = -.17 p < .05 b and beta controlled for:
- implicit theories of well-being
- net-intrinsic motives
- eudaimonic motivation
- hedonic motivation
- prioritizing positivity