A hierarchy of happiness? Mokken scaling analysis of the Oxford Happiness Inventory

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 845-848

  Stewart, Mary E ^a   Watson, Roger ^b   Clark, Andrea ^a   Ebmeier, Klaus P ^c   Deary, Ian J ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Happiness; Item response theory; Latent trait; Mokken scaling; Mood; Oxford Happiness Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949338453     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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