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The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia

Promoting happiness has become a key intervention goal for people with the physically disabled. This study examined the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD construct validity, convergent validity, internal consistency reliability, and quality item. The 58-item SHS-PD comprises six...

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Main Author: Muhammad Idris Bullare @ Bahari
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Published: Georgian Technical University 2021
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BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition - Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue
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spelling my.ums.eprints.311852021-11-23T23:42:55Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31185/ The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia Muhammad Idris Bullare @ Bahari BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition - Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue Promoting happiness has become a key intervention goal for people with the physically disabled. This study examined the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD construct validity, convergent validity, internal consistency reliability, and quality item. The 58-item SHS-PD comprises six subscales: Satisfaction, emotion, self, spirituality, the meaning of life, and positive thinking. This study used a sample of 290 persons with physical disabilities to demonstrate the psychometric validity of the scale. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) used to explore the construct validity of the SHS-PD while tested the convergent validity with the Sense of Well-Being Inventory (SWBI) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). A reliability study will carry out to explore SHS-PD, SWBI, and SWLS internal consistency. EFA conducted in this investigation showed four sub-scales for the dimensions of subjective happiness among people with physical disabilities, i.e., spirituality, emotion, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with accessibility. The result showed that SHS-PD has high internal consistency reliability, Cronbach’s alpha ranged between .68 and .93, and split-half ranged between .65 and .94. Findings indicated that 18 correlations are positive and significant with the total scores of SHS-PD, three are negative and significantly correlated, and four are adverse and not significantly correlated. This study will discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings. Georgian Technical University 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31185/1/The%20psychometric%20evaluation%20of%20the%20Subjective%20Happiness%20Scale-Physically%20Disabled%20%28SHS-PD%29%20in%20Malaysia.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31185/3/The%20psychometric%20evaluation%20of%20the%20Subjective%20Happiness%20Scale-Physically%20Disabled%20%28SHS-PD%29%20in%20Malaysia_ABSTRACT.pdf Muhammad Idris Bullare @ Bahari (2021) The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia. GESJ: Education Science and Psychology, 3. pp. 3-18. ISSN 1512-1801 http://gesj.internet-academy.org.ge/en/list_artic_en.php?b_sec=edu
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topic BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition - Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue
spellingShingle BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition - Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue
Muhammad Idris Bullare @ Bahari
The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia
description Promoting happiness has become a key intervention goal for people with the physically disabled. This study examined the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD construct validity, convergent validity, internal consistency reliability, and quality item. The 58-item SHS-PD comprises six subscales: Satisfaction, emotion, self, spirituality, the meaning of life, and positive thinking. This study used a sample of 290 persons with physical disabilities to demonstrate the psychometric validity of the scale. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) used to explore the construct validity of the SHS-PD while tested the convergent validity with the Sense of Well-Being Inventory (SWBI) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). A reliability study will carry out to explore SHS-PD, SWBI, and SWLS internal consistency. EFA conducted in this investigation showed four sub-scales for the dimensions of subjective happiness among people with physical disabilities, i.e., spirituality, emotion, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with accessibility. The result showed that SHS-PD has high internal consistency reliability, Cronbach’s alpha ranged between .68 and .93, and split-half ranged between .65 and .94. Findings indicated that 18 correlations are positive and significant with the total scores of SHS-PD, three are negative and significantly correlated, and four are adverse and not significantly correlated. This study will discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.
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author Muhammad Idris Bullare @ Bahari
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title The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia
title_short The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia
title_full The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia
title_fullStr The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The psychometric evaluation of the Subjective Happiness Scale-Physically Disabled (SHS-PD) in Malaysia
title_sort psychometric evaluation of the subjective happiness scale-physically disabled (shs-pd) in malaysia
publisher Georgian Technical University
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31185/1/The%20psychometric%20evaluation%20of%20the%20Subjective%20Happiness%20Scale-Physically%20Disabled%20%28SHS-PD%29%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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