Universal happiness? Cross-cultural measurement invariance of scales assessing positive mental health

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 408-421

  Bieda, Angela ^a   Hirschfeld, Gerrit ^b   Schönfeld, Pia ^a   Brailovskaia, Julia ^a   Zhang, Xiao Chi ^a   Margraf, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Measurement invariance; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPTIMISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADULT; CHINA; DEVICES; GERMANY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SATISFACTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPTIMISM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020729216     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000353     Document Type: Article

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