title: The effect of mood on judgments of subjective well-being: Nine tests of the judgment model.
abstract: Life satisfaction judgments are thought to represent an overall evaluation of the quality of a person's life as a whole. Thus, they should reflect relatively important and stable characteristics of that person's life. Previous highly cited research has suggested that transient factors, such as the mood that a person experiences at the time that well-being judgments are made, can influence these judgments. However, most existing studies used small sample sizes, and few replications have been attempted. Nine direct and conceptual replications of past studies testing the effects of mood on life satisfaction judgments were conducted using sample sizes that were considerably larger than previous studies (Ns = 202, 200, 269, 118, 320, 401, 285, 129, 122). Most of the 9 studies resulted in nonsignificant effects on life satisfaction and happiness judgments, and those that were significant were substantially smaller than effects found in previous research. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.
authors.forename: Stevie C Y
authors.initials: SCY
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wortman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anusic
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Missouri.
authors.forename: S Glenn
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Missouri.
authors.forename: Laura D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University.
authors.forename: M Brent
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Donnellan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult