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Trial reportBioMed research international2020

Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Analysis of Oxford Happiness Inventory Scale across Gender and Marital Status.

Amin Mousavi, Zahra Sharafi, Abdolreza Mahmoudi, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Amin MousaviDepartment of Educational Psychology and Special Education, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6920-2319
Zahra SharafiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-8274
Abdolreza MahmoudiDepartment of Islamic Education, Faculty of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Hadi Raeisi ShahrakiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) is a self-report tool to measure happiness. A brief review of previous studies on OHI showed the lack of evaluation of OHI fairness/equivalence in measuring happiness among identified groups.

methodsTo examine the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the OHI, responses of 500 university students were analyzed using item response theory and ordinal logistic regression (OLR). Relevant measures of effect size were utilized to interpret the results. Differential test functioning was also evaluated to determine whether there is an overall bias at the test level.

resultsOLR analysis detected four items across gender and two items across marital status to function differentially. An assessment of effect sizes implied negligible differences for practical considerations.

conclusionsThis study was a significant step towards providing theoretical and practical information regarding the assessment of happiness by presenting adequate evidence regarding the psychometric properties of OHI.

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HappinessMarital StatusAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMalePsychometrics

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PMID32685540
PMCPMC7327612

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