A survey method for characterizing daily life experience: The day reconstruction method

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5702, 2004, Pages 1776-1780

  Kahneman, Daniel ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^a   Schkade, David A ^b   Schwarz, Norbert ^c   Stone, Arthur A ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; SAMPLING;

DAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD (DRM); EXPERIENCE SAMPLING; HEDONIC TREADMILLS; TIME-BUDGET MEASUREMENT;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

SURVEY;

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; TEMPERAMENT; TREADMILL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECT; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARITAL STATUS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECORDS; SLEEP; WORK;

EID: 10044280325     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1103572     Document Type: Article

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