Convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale with the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index

Christopher Alan Lewis; Stephen Joseph; Paddy Mccollam

doi:10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.497

Convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale with the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index

Christopher Alan Lewis
, Stephen Joseph
, Paddy Mccollam

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In recent years the study of subjective well-being has attracted much research interest. A 1993 operational definition is the Depression-Happiness Scale of McGreal and Joseph. The aim of the present research was to investigate the convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale with the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. Among 40 undergraduate university students, higher scores on the Depression-Happiness Scale were significantly associated with lower scores on Free floating anxiety (-.63), Somatic anxiety (-.56), Depression (-.78), and Hysteria (-.36) scales but not the Phobic anxiety (-.27) or Obsessionality (-.25) scales of the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. These data provide further evidence for the convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	497-498
Number of pages	2
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	78
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.497
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 1996
Externally published	Yes

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