Study Conner & Reid (2012): study NZ 2010
- Public
- Psychology students participating in mood tracking experiment, New Zealand, 2010
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 162
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Experience sampling
Participants received 1, 3, or 6 text messages each day for 13 days based on their randomly assigned condition.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- happiness tracking treatment
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Participants received text messages
each day for 13 days based on their randomly assigned condition. Each text contained three questions to tap their momentary happiness.
1: one message a day
2: three messages a day
3: six messages a day
Observed Relation with Happiness
- No main effect over time
- No difference between 1, 3 or 6 reports a day
- no time-group interaction
Positive among students low on
- depression
- neuroticism
Negative among students high on
- depression
- neuroticism
low depressive high depressive
1 report a day D%sr = -2% D%sr = +3%
3 reports a day D%sr = +2% D%sr = +0%
6 reports a day D%sr = +2% D%sr = -3%
low neurotic high neurotic
1 report a day D%sr = -3% D%sr = +4%(s)
3 reports a day D%sr = +3%(s) D%sr = -1%
6 reports a day D%sr = +1% D%sr = -2%
D%sr estimated from pictures