The Pemberton Happiness Index

Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro; Camargos, Mayara Goulart de; Demarzo, Marcelo; Hervás, Gonzalo; Vázquez, Carmelo; Paiva, Carlos Eduardo

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“…An instrument was used to equally cover both dimensions and not being excessively long and complex, given the conditions of online administration. Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI; Hervás and Vázquez, 2013 ), was used, because tool it has already demonstrated its cross-cultural validity ( Ribeiro Paiva et al, 2016 ; Wade et al, 2018 ). This scale provides a measure of complete well-being, assessing both hedonia and eudaimonia, and also a social dimension and experienced happiness.…”

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Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Happiness and the Rise of Media Consumption During COVID-19 Confinement

2021

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The confinement of the population into their homes as a result of COVID-19 has entailed a notable increase in the consumption of diverse media. This exploratory study aimed to examine how the increase in media consumption was related to subjective happiness and psychological well-being. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to a sample of Spanish adults (n = 249; 53.8% women; aged between 18 and 75, Mage = 42.06, SD = 12.37) to assess their consumption of different media before and during confinement. Moreover, participants were evaluated for hedonic, eudaimonic, social, and experienced happiness by using the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI). The results underlined the great increase in the consumption of TV for entertainment and social networking sites (SNS) during confinement. Furthermore, it was found that higher consumption was negatively correlated with the level of happiness, so that, people who reported greater well-being, both subjective and psychological, spent less time watching TV and using SNS. In contrast, no association was found between the level of happiness and the consumption of news (regardless of the media) and radio. Therefore, it seems that far from cultivating greater happiness, those who engaged in heavy consumption of TV entertainment and SNS during confinement were less happy than those who did so more moderately and spent more time using other media or performing other activities.

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“…The sum of the items produces a combined well-being index (total PHI) [ 22 ]. The Portuguese version is valid and reliable for use in the Brazilian population through online surveys [ 23 ]. In the present study, the PHI-remembered (PHI-r) score was used.…”

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An explorative analysis of the differences in levels of happiness between cancer patients, informal caregivers and the general population

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Background: Although cancer patients experience distressing symptoms and health-related changes in their quality of life, they may report positive emotional states. The lives of informal caregivers of cancer patients may also be affected by the patient's cancer diagnosis; however, they may also find benefits in their experiences. Noticeable changes are reported in personal priorities after an oncologic diagnosis that can lead individuals to restructure their values and the way they perceive life. This study aims to assess happiness/satisfaction with life and positive and negative affect in cancer patients and informal caregivers compared with healthy people in the general population. Methods: A cross-sectional study with participants recruited online in five regions of Brazil through the social network site Facebook® and the application WhatsApp®. Surveys were completed using the SurveyMonkey® platform. A different sample of cancer patients and informal caregivers that was personally interviewed with the same forms was also grouped in the present analysis. Variables with p-values < 0.05 in the univariate analysis were included in linear regression models (stepwise, backward). Results: A total of 2580 participants were included, of whom 2112 were healthy representatives of the general population, 342 were cancer patients, and 126 were informal caregivers of cancer patients. In the multivariate analysis, the cancer patients and informal caregivers were happier than the healthy people in the general population, even after controlling for age, sex, educational level, and income. The patients and caregivers had lower scores for positive affect and higher scores for negative affect.

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“…É composto por 11 itens relacionados com o bem-estar relembrado (Secção A), cada um cotado através de uma escala de Likert de 11 pontos, e 10 itens relacionados com o bem-estar experienciado (Secção B), relacionado com experiências positivas e experiências negativas, referentes a situações que ocorreram no dia anterior, sendo os itens cotados através de uma escala dicotómica, com respostas "sim" e "não. (Hervás & Vázquez, 2013;Paiva et al, 2016). A cotação da Secção A é calculada através do score médio dos 11 itens e pode variar entre 0 a 10.…”

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“…A cotação da Secção A é calculada através do score médio dos 11 itens e pode variar entre 0 a 10. A seção B é convertida numa única pontuação a variar entre 0 (zero experiências positivas e 5 experiências negativas) a 10 (cinco experiências positivas e zero experiências negativas) (Hervás & Vázquez, 2013;Paiva et al, 2016). A cotação final da escala é calculada através da soma dos scores individuais dos 11 itens da Secção A com o total resultante da soma da Secção B, dividido por 12, sendo que pontuações mais elevadas refletem melhores níveis de bem-estar.…”

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Validation of the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI) for the Portuguese population

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Introduction: Given the attention that well-being has received worldwide as being a crucial aspect of the overall health of individuals, its measurement has become increasingly important. Thus, the need for validation of brief and integrative instruments that assess the levels of well-being in the population has emerged. Objective: Contribute to the cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI) for the Portuguese population. Material and Methods: The study was carried out using a convenience sample of 1,728 individuals whose responses were collected online and by paper. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct, content, and criterion validity were analysed. Results: The sample consisted mainly of women (n = 1,185), with a mean age of 20.04 ± 20.38 years. The internal consistency of the PHI was very good (α = 0.90), as well as test-retest realibility, with r = 0.79 and p ≤ 0.01 for the correlation between totals and with values ranging from [0.20, 0.46] in Section A and [-0.05, 0.69] in Section B. In the construct validity, only Item 10 of Section A presented values lower than the standard values, which puts into question the validity of this item. Criterion validity had a high correlation (r = 0.75; p ≤ 0.01) when compared to the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS). Conclusion: Considering the good psychometric properties obtained in this study, this instrument can contribute to advancing the complex task of measuring well-being, as well as monitoring and assessing changes at these levels.

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The Pemberton Happiness Index

Cited by 20 publications

References 25 publications

Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Happiness and the Rise of Media Consumption During COVID-19 Confinement

Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Happiness and the Rise of Media Consumption During COVID-19 Confinement

An explorative analysis of the differences in levels of happiness between cancer patients, informal caregivers and the general population

Validation of the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI) for the Portuguese population

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