Psychometric Analysis of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire in Taiwanese Undergraduate Students

Lung Hung Chen; Ying Mei Tsai; Mei Yen Chen

doi:10.1007/s11205-009-9473-2

Psychometric Analysis of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire in Taiwanese Undergraduate Students

Lung Hung Chen, Ying Mei Tsai^*, Mei Yen Chen

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ; Peterson et al. in J Happiness Stud 6(1):25-41, 2005) in Taiwanese students. The participants were 578 undergraduate students (M_age = 18.64, SD = 1.02) and completed the OHQ, satisfaction with life scale (Diener et al. in J Personality Assess 49:71-75, 1985), and subjective happiness. Confirmation factor analysis indicated that a three-factor model with 17 items was the better fit model. Cross-validation also supported the modified Chinese version of the OHQ. Besides, the OHQ significantly predicted life satisfaction and subjective happiness with an exception of life of pleasure. Overall, it was concluded that the Chinese version of the OHQ would be useful for assessing individual's orientations to happiness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	239-249
Number of pages	11
Journal	Social Indicators Research
Volume	98
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-009-9473-2
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Eudaimonism
Flow
Hedonism
Know thyself
Positive psychology

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences

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