Ways of Savoring Checklist – Chinese Version

Description

In 1984, Bryant and Veroff proposed that people adopt cognitive and regulatory methods to adjust their negative experiences when facing adverse events. Hence, when confronted with positive events, individuals are likely to use certain cognitive and regulatory methods to enhance their positive experiences. In 2007, Bryant and Veroff defined the concept of savoring: savoring refers to the ability of individuals to elicit, appreciate, and enhance positive experiences, together with the processing involved in this ability. Savoring emphasizes the need to actively engage with positive experiences rather than passively receiving them, and to find ways to prolong and enhance the positive feelings arising from positive events.

The Ways of Savoring Checklist (WOSC) is a scale devised by Bryant in 2007 to measure how individuals use savoring strategies. This scale originally included 10 dimensions with a total of 60 items, all employing a positive scoring method. Bryant and Veroff noted that although there are other savoring methods, this scale encompasses the primary strategies people use for savoring, making it an effective tool for measuring savoring modes.

Pan Qiongyi revised the Chinese version of this scale in 2012, which comprises 26 items divided into six dimensions: 与人分享 (sharing with others), 自我满足 (self-satisfaction), 行为表达 (behavioral expression), 记忆建构 (memory building), 即逝意识 (temporal awareness), and 避免扫兴 (avoiding kill-joy thinking). The scale employs a seven-point scoring system with an internal consistency coefficient of 0.903. Savoring strategies refer to methods that enhance and prolong positive emotions. Bryant and Veroff (2007) summarized ten primary savoring strategies that individuals employ when encountering positive events, including three behavioral strategies and seven cognitive strategies.

Authors and Contact Email

Bryant and Veroff. Contact email: information not available

Purpose

To measure the use of savoring strategies that individuals employ in response to positive experiences.

Test Year

2007 (original scale), 2012 (Chinese version)

Administration Method and Scoring

The scale asks participants to recall their recent positive experiences and evaluate their responses based on provided characteristics using a seven-point Likert scale (1 = Completely Disagree, 7 = Completely Agree).

Reliability and Validity

The internal consistency coefficient of the revised Chinese version is 0.903, indicating good reliability.

Factors and Subscales

– 与人分享 (Sharing with others)
– 自我满足 (Self-satisfaction)
– 行为表达 (Behavioral expression)
– 记忆建构 (Memory building)
– 即逝意识 (Temporal awareness)
– 避免扫兴 (Avoiding kill-joy thinking)

Keywords

Savoring, positive experiences, cognitive strategies, emotional enhancement, scale

Items in Chinese

1. 我想事后与他人分享这段美好记忆
2. 我提醒自己，我已经花了很长时间等待这个时刻的来临。
3. 我提醒自己，这一刻是多么的短暂——想到它将结束。
4. 我又蹦又跳，跑或者显示其他的肢体表达的能力。
5. 我提醒自己，我是多么的幸运有这样的好事情发生在自己身上。
6. 我期望与他人分享此事。
7. 我思考事后如何让自己回忆这件事情。
8. 我提醒自己，这件事情是何等的令人欣慰。
9. 我开怀大笑或者咯咯的笑。
10. 我认为自己如此幸运，因为有这么多好事情发生在自己身上。
11. 我告诉其他人，我是多么的重视此时此刻（他们可以与我一起分享它)。
12. 我告诉自己，我是多么的自豪。
13. 我提醒自己，美好的事情可能在我不知不觉中结束。
14. 我进行祈祷，感谢我的好运气。
15. 我明确地标记事情的具体细节，试图明确地发现我所享受和关注事件的各个方面。
16. 我用叹气或者其他赞赏的语言帮助自己品味这一刻(例如说嗯，嗡嗡声或吹口哨)。
17. 我告诉自己，事情没有我所期望的那样好。
18. 我拍下快乐片刻的“心理照片”。
19. 我想这是一次胜利。
20. 我认为时间过得很快。
21. 我尖叫或者其他的兴奋的言语表达。
22. 我提醒自己，我随该去其它地方或者我应该做其它事情来代替。
23. 我设法记住自己所处的环境。
24. 我告诉自己，我值得拥有这样的好事情。
25. 我触摸自己——揉胃，拍手等等。
26. 我思考悬在我心头的其它事情，我仍然需要面对问题和忧虑。

Items in English

1. I thought about sharing the memory of this later with other people.
2. I tried to take in every sensory property of the event (sights, sounds, smells, etc.).
3. I reminded myself how long I had waited for this to happen.
4. I reminded myself how transient this moment was—thought about it ending.
5. I jumped up and down, ran around, or showed other physical expressions of energy.
6. I thought back to events that led up to it—to a time when I didn’t have it and wanted it.
7. I tried to focus on certain sensory properties in particular (perhaps blocking out others).
8. I thought only about the present—got absorbed in the moment.
9. I reminded myself how lucky I was to have this good thing happen to me.
10. I told myself why I didn’t deserve this good thing.
11. I looked for other people to share it with.
12. I thought about how I’d reminisce to myself about this event later.
13. I reminded myself what a relief it was.
14. I thought how I wished this moment could last—reminded myself how I must enjoy it now because it would soon be over.
15. I laughed or giggled.
16. I thought about ways in which it could have been worse.
17. I opened my eyes wide and took a deep breath—tried to become more alert.
18. I closed my eyes, relaxed, took in the moment.
19. I thought about what a lucky person I am that so many good things have happened to me.
20. I thought about ways in which it could have been better.
21. I expressed to others present how much I valued the moment (and their being there to share it with me).
22. I consciously reflected on the situation—took in details, tried to remember them, made comparisons.
23. I told myself how proud I was.
24. I reminded myself that it would be over before I knew it.
25. I tried to speed up and move more quickly.
26. I focused on the future—on a time when this good event would be over.
27. I tried to slow down and move more slowly (in an effort to stop or slow down time).
28. I made myself relax so that I could become more absorbed in the event or activity.
29. I said a prayer of thanks for my good fortune.
30. I withdrew and inhibited my feelings (stiffened up).
31. I hung around with others who know how to have a good time.
32. I labeled specific details of the situation explicitly—tried to find out what it was that I was enjoying and note each aspect explicitly.
33. I told myself how impressed others must be.
34. I reminded myself that nothing lasts forever so must enjoy this now.
35. I sighed or made other verbal sounds of appreciation to help myself savor the moment.
36. I reminded myself that others who were involved in the event were also thinking and feeling the same way.
37. I concentrated and blocked out distractions; I intensified one sense by blocking another.
38. I just went through the experience one moment at a time and tried not to look too far ahead.
39. I told myself how it wasn’t as good as I’d hoped for.
40. I physically expressed my feelings to others (hugging, touching).
41. I took mental photographs.
42. I thought about what a triumph it was.
43. I thought about how fast the time was passing.
44. I screamed or made other verbal expressions of excitement.
45. I compared myself to others (asked myself, “Am I enjoying this as much as they are?”).
46. I reminded myself of other places I should be or of other things I should be doing instead.
47. I talked to another person about how good I felt.
48. I tried to memorize my surroundings.
49. I told myself why I deserved this good thing.
50. I touched myself—rubbed my stomach, clapped my hands, etc.
51. I made associations with other past pleasant events and reminded myself of them.
52. I thought about other things that were hanging over me, problems and worries that I still had to face.
53. I took photographs with a camera to capture the experience.
54. I thought about what a good time I was having.
55. I thought about how things might never be this good again.
56. I thought about things that made me feel guilty.
57. I thought or did something entirely different from any of the above. (Please describe).
58. I got high or intoxicated to help me enjoy it.
59. I imagined a whole sequence of good events that could arise as a consequence of this event.
60. I tried not to think too much—just relaxed and enjoyed.

References

Bryant, F. R., & Veroff, J. (2007). *Savoring: A new model of happiness*.