1460 – Translation and validation study of the subjective happiness scale (shs) in greek general population, diabetes mellitus and patients with emotional disorders

Abstract

IntroductionThe SHS is a brief four-item measure of global subjective happiness rated on a Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). SHS is suited for different age, occupational, linguistic, and cultural groups, is easy to implement and its short form possesses measurement accuracy.ObjectivesTo test the psychometric properties of SHS.AimsTo validate an easy to use and valid measurement, for primary care and during treatment assessment in psychiatric patients with emotional disorder(PPED) and general population (GP) in Greece.MethodsTranslation was performed using the multiple forward and backward translation protocol. Life orientation test (GrLOT-R), Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS) and Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS), was also administered to check construct validity of SWLS.Results856 adults participated, 218 (25.5%) males, 638 (74.5%) females. The total scale of the SWLS had a coefficient alpha of .756. Item - total correlations where from .223-.735. Factor analysis has supported a unidimensional model with 1 factor explaining 59.4% of the total variance. Mean scores differed significantly between GP (M=18.4±4.4) and PPED (M=15.2±4.2) (Mean differences=4.622 p< .001). There was significant negative correlation with stress (r=-.443 p< .001) anxiety (r=-.350 p< .001) and depression (-.416 p< .001) and positive with GrLOT-R (r=.574 p< .001) and SWLS (r=.678 p< .001).ConclusionsThe results of the current validation study suggest that the Greek translation of the SHS is both reliable and valid, with good construct and discriminant validity and psychometric properties close to those reported in the international literature.

Validity of the Hungarian version of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS-HU)

“…Consequently, it is suggested that EFA is more reliable in scale validation than PCA (Costello & Osborne, 2005). Most of the studies validating the SHS in other languages used EFA (Damásio et al, 2014;Dogan & Totan, 2013;Jovanović, 2013;Karakasidou et al, 2016;Kotsou & Leys, 2017;Lyrakos et al, 2013;Nan et al, 2014;Quezada et al, 2016;Shimai et al, 2004;Swami et al, 2008).…”

“…This tool has been translated into several languages: Arabic (Moghnie & Kazarian, 2012), Chinese (Nan et al, 2014), German and Tagalog (Swami et al, 2008), Greek (Karakasidou et al, 2016;Lyrakos et al, 2013), Italian (Iani et al, 2013), Japanese (Shimai et al, 2004), French (Kotsou & Leys, 2017), Malay (Swami, 2008), Portuguese (Damásio et al, 2014;Spagnoli et al, 2012), Russian (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999), Serbian (Jovanović, 2013), Spanish (Extremera & Fernández-Berrocal, 2013;Quezada et al, 2016;Vera-Villarroel, 2011), and Turkish (Dogan & Totan, 2013). It is a unidimensional instrument which comprises four items rated on a 7-point Likert scale.…”

Reliability and validity of the Greek version of the Short Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test (S-GRAT-GR)

“…A higher score on the SHS indicates higher subjective happiness. It was adapted and validated for use in the Greek population by Lyrakos et al (2013). According to the results of the validati on study and the present study, coefficient alpha was .75 and .77, respectively.…”