Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)

Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46(2), 137-155. doi: 10.1023/A:1006824100041

	Table of Contents
	Description
	History of Use
	References

Description:

Purpose		The SHS was designed to be a short measure of subjective happiness or well being.
Questions		4 items using a 7-point Likert scale
Sub-scales		SHS has no sub-scales
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		Some people are generally very happy. They enjoy life regardless of what is going on, getting the most out of everything. To what extent does this characterization describe you?

References:

Scale:

Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46(2), 137-155. doi: 10.1023/A:1006824100041

Mattei, D., & Schaefer, C. E. (2004). An investigation of validity of the Subjective Happiness Scale. Psychological Reports, 94(1), 288-290. doi: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.288-290

Uses:

Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. (1999). Changes in attractiveness of elected, rejected, and precluded alternatives: A comparison of happy and unhappy individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(6), 988-1007. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.6.988

Schwartz, B., Ward, A., Monterosso, J., Lyubomirsky, S., White, K., & Lehman, D. R. (2002). Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(5), 1178-1197. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.83.5.1178

Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Petrides, K. V., & Mikolajczak, M. Ø. (2010). Money Giveth, Money Taketh Away. Psychological Science, 21(6), 759-763. doi: 10.1177/0956797610371963

Purvis, A., Howell, R. T., & Iyer, R. (2011). Exploring the role of personality in the relationship between maximization and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(3), 370-375. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.023

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