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A team of four undergraduate student researchers at Marian University of Indianapolis, IN is attempting a Direct+Plus replication of Diener et al. (2010) with extension (including the social status items by Jon Grahe) using a convenience sample of college students (N = 127) recruited from introductory psychology courses as well as social media. The questionnaire previously used to conduct phone surveys by Grant, Touhino, and McLaughlin (2014) was re-formatted as a Qualtrics survey. We attempted to make the response format as close to that of the original interview format as possible. The full Qualtrics survey is located in the Materials component. The two-item measure by Touhino and Grant (2014) using a slider-scale response format (see direct+ extension opportunity with Wagge [Avila University] and Jon Grahe [Pacific Lutheran University]) was included immediately following the demographic items that conclude the study being replicated. After that, we also included the Rossenberg Self-esteem scale to meet the extension requirement of our Research Methods course. This survey will be administered online and taken in participants' natural setting at their convenience (i.e., not in a laboratory). While we are not providing any compensation directly to participants, instructors may offer extra credit for participation (following their individual syllabus policy). We took our questions from the full phone scripts from Wealth and Happiness Replication of Diener et al.(2010) for Collaborative Replications and Education Project at Pacific Lutheran University. We used the slider scale from the original Wealth and Happiness Across the World: Material Prosperity Predicts Life Evaluation, Whereas Pscyhosocial Properity Predicts Positive Feeling. The final results of our study had 127(N) participants. We found that the study replicated what we were finding in our hypothesis. We saw that our study does have correlation between the standard of living and subjective well being. Most of our results were less than .05 which resulted in significant differences. We were able to determine students are going to college to earn a more financial life than they had growing up. **Student Researchers** Payton Haygood, Taylor Petit, Zachary Reed, Bryce Lang **Project Supervisor** Dr. Amanda Egan **Citation** Diener, E., Ng, W., Harter, J., & Arora, R. (2010). Wealth and Happiness Across the World: Material Prosperity Predicts Life Evaluation, Whereas Psychosocial Prosperity Predicts Positive Feeling. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(1), 52—61. doi: 10.1037/a0018066
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