Validation of a scale to measure happiness: a confirmatory factor analysis with multicultural university student

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https://doi.org/10.5377/recsp.v2i2.9303

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Happiness, Psychometrics, Validity, Reliability, Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Abstract

Happiness is an affective state of full satisfaction subjectively experienced by the individual in the position of a desired good, however, defining happiness, valuing it, measuring it or quantifying it is complicated. Therefore, this paper presents the validation of a scale to measure happiness. It has been administered to 237 university students from the Miskito and Mayangnas indigenous peoples, Creole (Afro-descendant) and mestizo of the communities of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast. The results show good settings and psychometric properties. The realization of a model of structural equations has evaluated the concurrence and relationship of two dimensions related to the phenomenon of happiness, finding the association between satisfaction and joy of living; likewise, the relevance of the positive sense sub-scale of life. These results show the suitability of both sub-scales to jointly assess happiness, given their important relationship and similarity, which make them good tools for psychoeducational interventions in multicultural contexts.

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Author Biography

William Oswaldo Flores López, Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense

Doctor en Educación. Profesor Investigador de la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense.

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Published

2019-12-20

How to Cite

Flores López, W. O. (2019). Validation of a scale to measure happiness: a confirmatory factor analysis with multicultural university student. Revista Electrónica De Conocimientos, Saberes Y Prácticas, 2(2), 98–110. https://doi.org/10.5377/recsp.v2i2.9303

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Educational Research

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