tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post3246961337567874153..comments2024-03-18T23:49:35.716-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: How Happy Is Happy? (by guest blogger Dan Haybron)Eric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-12328602931191454292007-06-22T09:51:00.000-07:002007-06-22T09:51:00.000-07:00Is that in his 2001 book? I just found it on Amazo...Is that in his 2001 book? I just found it on Amazon and will have to get a copy! I've read his 1991 experience sampling study, I think about 200 diverse European subjects, which found 66% positive affect vs. 34% negative. This is usually taken as evidence that most people are happy, but I think it probably indicates they aren't! (It certainly doesn't meet the 3:1 ratio suggested by Fredrickson et al.)<BR/><BR/>I've been meaning to look at more recent studies to see what they found--a 50/50 breakdown would be very interesting. That's a lot of negative affect! (Although I wonder if these ESM studies might skew positive in some ways and neg in others--positive b/c of positivity biases, neg b/c some pleasant states, like tranquility, may not get reported b/c they don't obviously involve occurrent feelings.)dan haybronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296878899159453396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-35419613083949804032007-06-22T08:26:00.000-07:002007-06-22T08:26:00.000-07:00Didn't Brandstatter (2001?) find about 50-50 for p...Didn't Brandstatter (2001?) find about 50-50 for postive/negative affect in experience sampling? What do you make of that? Am I remembering wrong (I can't access it now)? Do you think his methodology is off? Or do you think that that implies that many people are seriously unhappy?Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.com