Article History
Received: 3 January 2019
Accepted: 16 December 2019
First Online: 3 January 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Laura Musikansi is the director of the Happiness Alliance, the organization that provides the online survey, the Happiness Index, the data from which this study is based. Alice Vo Edwards has been a volunteer researcher for the Happiness Index.
: Brook Massey performed the original research as part of her PsyDÂ dissertation studies; no prior papers have been published from this research. Massey and Edwards wrote the first draft of the paper while all three authors provided feedback and edits to the final version.
: The study was conducted in accordance with principles for human experimentation as defined in the Declaration of Helsinki and the Happiness Index survey methodology has been reviewed by multiple institutional review boards at several universities prior to this research being conducted. This study used the reflective method of reviewing data that was previously gathered.
: None. No personally identifiable data was utilized. This type of study does not require informed consent due to the anonymity of the data.
: Researchers desiring to access the data may contact Laura Musikanski at laura@happycounts.org.