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Subjective Happiness Scale
Source: University of California, Riverside (UCR)Format: TextAnnotation: 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...[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess 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.pdfIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 9005. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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