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  1. Subjective Happiness Scale
    Source: University of California, Riverside (UCR)
    Format: Text
    Annotation: The Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) is a four-item scale of global subjective happiness. Each item is completed by choosing one of seven options that finish a given sentence fragment. The options are different for each of the four questions. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.

    Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Easy
    Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grade 5.7
    Population: All/Anyone
    Length: Four questions
    Administered by: Self Administered/Self Report
    Language(s): English, Welsh, Urdu, Spanish, French, Arabic, Greek, Tagalog, Malay, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, German, and Russian
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    Type: Guideline/Assessment Tool
    Access Notes: Free/Publicly Available

    Citation(s):
    Vera-Villarroel P, Zych I, Celis-Atenas K, Córdova-Rubio N,Buela-Casal G. Chilean validation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian version (PCL-C) after the earthquake on February 27, 2010. Psychol Rep. 2011 Aug;109(1):47-58. PubMed PMID: 22049647. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22049647. Subscription required.

    Lyubomirsky S, Ross L. Hedonic consequences of social comparison: a contrast of happy and unhappy people. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1997 Dec;73(6):1141-57. PubMed PMID: 9418274. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9418274. Subscription required.

    Lyubomirsky S, Ross L. Changes in attractiveness of elected, rejected, and precluded alternatives: a comparison of happy and unhappy individuals. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1999 Jun;76(6):988-1007. PubMed PMID: 10402682. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10402682. Subscription required.

    Lyubomirsky S, Lepper HS. A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Soc Indic Res. 1999;46(2):137-155. http://my.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/496/subjective-happiness-scale.pdf. Subscription not required.

    Permission is granted for all non-commercial use. Please cite the following scale validation paper in all work mentioning the scale:
    Lyubomirsky S, Lepper H. A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Soc Indic Res. 1999;46:137-155. The original publication of the aforementioned citation is available at https://link.springer.com/.

    Contact information:

    Contact person: Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky
    Institution: University of California, Riverside, Department of Psychology
    Address: Riverside, CA 92521
    Phone: 951-827-5041
    Fax: 951-827-3985
    Email: sonja.lyubomirsky@ucr.edu
    Web: http://sonjalyubomirsky.com/; http://sonjalyubomirsky.com/subjective-happiness-scale-shs/

    For more information:
    Institution: University of Pennsylvania, Positive Psychology Center
    Web: http://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/resources/questionnaires-researchers/subjective-happiness-scale

    Institution: Fetzer Institute
    Web: http://www.fetzer.org/sites/default/files/images/stories/pdf/selfmeasures/SATISFACTION-SubjectiveHappiness.pdf
    Includes Research Tools: Yes.
    ID: 9005. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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