Measurement invariance of the subjective happiness scale across countries, gender, age, and time

Zager Kocjan, Gaja (avtor), Jose, Paul Easton (avtor), Sočan, Gregor (avtor), Avsec, Andreja (avtor)

The purpose of this study was to examine measurement invariance of the Subjective Happiness Scale across countries, gender, and age groups and across time by multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. Altogether, 4,977 participants from nine European, American, and Australian countries were included in the study. Our results revealed that both configural and metric invariance held across countries, but scalar invariance was only partially confirmed with one item yielding varying intercepts in different countries. Measurement invariance was also confirmed across gender and age groups. Longitudinal measurement invariance was examined on a subsample of 478 English-speaking participants and was fully confirmed across five consecutive assessment points. Factor means were compared between groups and across time, and good convergent validity of the Subjective Happiness Scale was found in relation to a measure of temporal satisfaction with life. Overall, our results demonstrate that self-reported happiness was measured similarly in nine different countries, gender and age groups and over time, and provide a solid foundation for meaningful cross-group and cross-time comparisons in subjective happiness.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: positive psychology, Subjective Happiness Scale, SHS, happiness, well-being, measurement invariance, longitudinal measurement invariance, group comparison, group diffrences, Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale, TSWLS
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 826–841
• Številčenje: Vol. 29, iss. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-124980
• UDK: 159.923.072
• ISSN pri članku: 1073-1911
• DOI: 10.1177/1073191121993558
• COBISS.SI-ID: 51599875
• Datum objave v RUL: 26.02.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Assessment
• Skrajšan naslov: Assessment
• Založnik: SAGE, American Psychological Association, Society for Clinical Psychology (Division 12), Section IX (Assessment)
• ISSN: 1073-1911
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512150041

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: pozitivna psihologija, lestvica subjektivne sreče SHS, sreča, blagostanje, merska invariantnost, vzdolžna merska invariantnost, primerjava skupin, razlike med skupinami

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0110
• Naslov: Psihološki in nevroznanstveni vidiki kognicije

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0062
• Naslov: Uporabna razvojna psihologija