Psychometric Validation of the Hindi Version of Subjective Happiness Scale among Indian Adults

Pages:263-267
Ruchi Singh and Akbar Husain (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

In the modern time, happiness is a major construct for being physically; psychologically healthy and overall satisfaction with life. So, a reliable and valid tool for measuring the level of happiness among Indian adults was needed. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to: (a) translate the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS; Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999) into Hindi, (b) investigate the psychometric properties (reliability, validity, & factor structure) of the SHS with the help of Exploratory Factor Analysis. The sample consisted of 412 Indian adults as participants in this study. Results supported strong evidence for validating the SWLS-H among Indian adults. The internal consistency of SHS-H was found to be high as α= 0.78. The cumulative percentage of variance explained by SHS-H was 61.81%. Thus, SHS-H can be considered as a reliable and valid instrument for measuring subjective happiness among Indian adults.