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Measuring Happiness in Adolescent Samples: A Systematic Review.
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- Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Form in Italian Workers.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Bidirectional relationship between child happiness and sleep quality and the predictive role of prenatal psychosocial support: results from U.S. and China cohort studies.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Article
- Eating Disorders in the Workplace.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Sense of Happiness and Wellness Among Adolescents and Their School Environment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Network analysis of the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms among adolescents: a comparison between males and females.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Kindness Is the Language That the Deaf Can Hear and the Blind Can See: Kindness, Theory of Mind and Well-Being in Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Associations of Eating Habits with Self-Rated Health and Life Satisfaction in Adolescents: A 42-Country Cross-Sectional Study.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Happiness and Socio-Demographic Factors in an Italian Sample: A Propensity-Matched Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Social connectedness and mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a community sample in Korea.PloS one · 2023Article
- Single-Item Happiness Measure Features Adequate Validity Among Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Social media use as a coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multidimensional perspective on adolescents' well-being.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHappiness is a phenomenon that relates to better mental and physical health and even longevity. There has been an increase in surveys assessing subjective well-being as well as happiness, one of the well-being components that reflect one's feelings or moods. Happiness is mostly measured in adult samples. There is a lack of an overview of the tools used to evaluate adolescent happiness, so this paper aimed to review them.
methodsA literature search was performed in the PubMed and PsycArticles databases (2010-2019). In total, 133 papers met the eligibility criteria for this systematic review.
resultsThe results are grouped according to the type of measure, single or multiple items, that was used in a study. Almost half of the studies (64 of 133) evaluated subjective happiness using single-item measures. The most commonly used scales were the 4-item Subjective Happiness Scale and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Among the 133 articles analyzed, 18 reported some validation procedures related to happiness. However, in the majority of cases (14 studies), happiness was not the central phenomenon of validation, which suggests a lack of happiness validation studies.
conclusionsFinally, recommendations for future research and for the choice of happiness assessment tools are presented.
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