Translation and Validation of the Malay Subjective Happiness Scale

Autor/in	Swami, Viren
Titel	Translation and Validation of the Malay Subjective Happiness Scale
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 88 (2008) 2, S.347-353 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-007-9195-2
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Groups; Test Validity; Measures (Individuals); Social Indicators; Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Program Validation; Mental Health; Media Adaptation; Robustness (Statistics); Item Analysis; Well Being; Behavior Rating Scales; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; Testvalidität; Messdaten; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Ausland; Psychohygiene; Medienverwendung; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Itemanalyse; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	The Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky and Lepper, "Social Indicators Research," 46, 137-155, 1999) is a brief measure for assessing subjective happiness. The reliability and validity of the Malay version of the Subjective Happiness Scale was investigated in a community sample of 290 Chinese and 227 Malays in Malaysia. Results showed that the Malay Subjective Happiness Scale has excellent internal consistency, a unitary structure, and stability over a 30-day period and across ethnic groups. Moreover, the Malay version of the scale exhibited good convergent validity with single-item happiness scales. The availability of the Malay Subjective Happiness Scale is expected to facilitate the examination of happiness in Malay-speaking populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10