Title
Internal consistency, reliability, and temporal stability of the oxford happiness questionnaire short-form: test-retest data over two weeks
Abstract
The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire short-form (Hills & Argyle, 2002) is an 8-item measure of happiness. This study evaluated the internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire short-form among 55 Northern Irish undergraduate university students who completed the measure on two occasions separated by two weeks. Internal consistency of the measure was satisfactory at both Time 1 (alpha = .62) and Time 2 (alpha = .58). Stability across the two administrations was satisfactory (r = .69), and there was no significant change between Time 1 (M = 34.5, SD = 5.4) and Time 2 (M = 34.6, SD = 5.2). These data support the internal consistency reliability and short-term test-retest reliability of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire short-form.
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Cruise, S. M., Lewis, C. A., & Mc Guckin, C. (2006) ‘Internal consistency, reliability, and temporal stability of the oxford happiness questionnaire short-form: test-retest data over two weeks’.Social behavior and personality, 34(2), 123-126
Digital Commons Citation
Cruise, S M.; Lewis, Christopher A.; and Mc Guckin, C, "Internal consistency, reliability, and temporal stability of the oxford happiness questionnaire short-form: test-retest data over two weeks" (2006). Psychology. Paper 18.
http://epubs.glyndwr.ac.uk/psyc/18
Comments
Metadata only available from this repository. This article was published in Cruise, S. M., Lewis, C. A., & Mc Guckin, C. (2006) ‘Internal consistency, reliability, and temporal stability of the oxford happiness questionnaire short-form: test-retest data over two weeks’.Social behavior and personality, 34(2), 123-126. The journal website is available at http://www.sbp-journal.com/Contact the author via email at - ca.lewis@glyndwr.ac.uk for information about this article.