Unhappy while depressed: examining the dimensionality, reliability and validity of the subjective happiness scale in a Spanish sample of patients with depressive disorders
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- dc.contributor.author Feliu-Soler, Albert
- dc.contributor.author de Diego-Adeliño, Javier
- dc.contributor.author Luciano, Juan V.
- dc.contributor.author Iraurgi, Ioseba
- dc.contributor.author Alemany, Carlo
- dc.contributor.author Puigdemont, Dolors
- dc.contributor.author Pérez Solá, Victor
- dc.contributor.author Portella, Maria J.
- dc.contributor.author Trujols, Joan
- dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-15T06:31:25Z
- dc.date.available 2022-06-15T06:31:25Z
- dc.date.issued 2021
- dc.description.abstract Despite the considerable amount of research evidence on the significant role of subjective happiness on mental health, there is no psychometric study of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) in psychiatric samples. This study was aimed at exploring the psychometric properties of the SHS in a Spanish sample of patients with depressive disorders. Participants were 174 patients with a depressive disorder (70% diagnosed as major depressive disorder) who completed the SHS, the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR16), and the EQ-5D Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VAS). Depressive symptoms were also assessed by means of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS17) and the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) Scale. Dimensionality, internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness to change of the SHS were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the original one-factor structure of the scale. The SHS exhibited good-to-excellent results for internal consistency (α = 0.83) and for convergent [EQ-5D VAS (r = 0.71)] and divergent [QIDS-SR16 (r = -0.72), HDRS17 (r = -0.60) and CGI-S (r = -0.61)] construct validity. The ability of the SHS to differentiate between depression severity levels as well as its responsiveness to clinical change were both highly satisfactory (p < 0.001 in both cases). The SHS retained the soundness of psychometric properties showed in non-clinical samples in a sample of patients with depressive disorders, which supports its use as a reliable and valid outcome measure in the treatment of such disorders.
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- dc.identifier.citation Feliu-Soler A, de Diego-Adeliño J, Luciano JV, Iraurgi I, Alemany C, Puigdemont D, et al. Unhappy while depressed: examining the dimensionality, reliability and validity of the subjective happiness scale in a Spanish sample of patients with depressive disorders . Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 19; 18(20): 10964. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182010964
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010964
- dc.identifier.issn 1660-4601
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53499
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher MDPI
- dc.rights Copyright © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- dc.subject.keyword Subjective Happiness Scale
- dc.subject.keyword Assessment
- dc.subject.keyword Depressive disorders
- dc.subject.keyword Happiness
- dc.subject.keyword Psychometrics
- dc.subject.keyword Self-report
- dc.title Unhappy while depressed: examining the dimensionality, reliability and validity of the subjective happiness scale in a Spanish sample of patients with depressive disorders
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