Dataset of Study 2 that replicates Diener et al. (2001) with a mixed factorial design

These data are a direct replicate of the data in Diener et al. (2001) (Related Materials 2). A total of 187 students (mean age 18.58 years, standard deviation 1.02 years) attending a women's university in Tokyo participated in the experiment. Two scenarios were presented using an online survey system, and students were asked to answer questions about each scenario. The two scenarios were a positive scenario and a negative scenario. The order of the scenarios was counterbalanced. An experimental manipulation was performed for additional information in each scenario. The additional information condition was randomly assigned. In the no extension condition, the subject saw the sudden death of the target person. In the extension condition, the subject saw that the target person lived a moderate life for five years. The participants then responded to two questions about the characters on a 9-point scale. The variables in the data were as follows: “id” (participant ID), “date_created” (start time of answer), “date_modified” (end time of answer), “age” (participant's age), “gender” (participant's gender: 0: male, 1: female), “department” (faculty affiliation), order (scenario order: 0: positive to negative, 1: negative to positive), “condition” (experimental condition: 0: no extension, 1: extension), “rate11” (desirability rating for positive scenario), “rate12” (happiness rating for positive scenario), “rate21” (negation (desirability rating of the negative scenario)), “rate22” (happiness rating of the negative scenario), “rateh” (happiness score of the positive scenario), and “rateu” (happiness score of the negative scenario).