The Greek version of
Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS; Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999; Avgoustaki, Dimitriadou, & Stalikas, 2012) was used to examine the subjectivity of persons» global happiness using four items rated on a 7 - point Likert scale with higher scores reflecting greater happiness (e.g., «Some people are generally very happy.
In the present study, we examined the psychometric properties of one of the newest and most prominent tools for the measurement of Subjective Happiness,
the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS).
The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Greek version of
the Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999) in a wide sample of participants.
Lyubomirsky and Lepper (1999), based on data collected on North American and Russian samples, developed
the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), which has been found to possess high internal consistency, good to excellent test?retest reliability, a unidimensional structure, and good convergent and discriminant validity.
From her firm belief that it is each person's self - reported happiness that matters, she developed a four - question
Subjective Happiness Scale.
Not exact matches
Other measures of
subjective well - being include single - item
scales, such as Bradburn's (1969) Global
Happiness Item or
scales that tap into various aspects of psychological functioning in addition to well - being (e.g., Dupuy, 1978).
If an item will be deleted, the variance of the
subjective happiness structure explained by the
scale, could be sharply decreased.
The SHS is a 4 - item
scale rated on a 1 to 7 Likert - type
scale that measures global
subjective happiness by means of statements, with which participants either self - rate themselves or compare themselves to others.
An explanation that can be given to this finding without affecting the validity of the
scale is that optimism may be a positive emotion variable but it is mostly consider a trait while
subjective happiness is a state.