A Measure of Subjective Happiness: Preliminary Reliability and Construct Validation

Lyubomirsky, Sonja; Lepper, Heidi S.

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Authors: Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. S.
Affiliations: University of California, Riverside (US)
ORCID: Lyubomirsky, Sonja
Venue: Social Indicators Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1999-02
Volume: 46
Issue: 2
Pages: 137-155
ISSN: 0303-8300 (ISSN-L)
1573-0921
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006824100041
OpenAlex: W1800216240
Cited by: 4,071
References: 52
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FWCI: 4.22
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Locations: Social Indicators Research (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords: subjective happiness, Subjective Happiness Scale, happiness measurement, scale development, reliability statistics, construct validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, cross-cultural validation, older adults, students, community-dwelling adults

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