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HL7 mFHAST Research & Development Environmental Scan

Happiness in texting times

An article from Frontiers in Psychology

From the article findings: "Text messaging provided data on national levels of happiness and satisfaction for a large sample in a novel longitudinal study. The present results are similar to those reported using traditional pen-and-paper methods to assess happiness and satisfaction; national levels of happiness and satisfaction are in line with the values reported using standard survey methodology."
Study RegionIreland
OrganizationTrinity College Dublin
Issue or ProblemAssessing national levels of happiness
Tech MediumSMS
Technology DeviceMobile Phone
mFHAST ImplicationEffectiveness of SMS methods for gathering of Public Health data related to happiness

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  • Link to the full free text article in Frontiers in Psychology Text messaging proved a feasible means of assessing happiness and satisfaction, with almost three quarters (73%) of participants completing all assessments. Those who received feedback on the previous week’s mean ratings were eight times more likely to complete the subsequent assessments than those not receiving feedback.
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