@article{ref1,
title="The psychometric properties of the Chinese Oxford Happiness Questionnaire in Taiwanese adolescents: Taiwan Birth Cohort Study",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2019",
author="Lung, For-Wey and Shu, Bih-Ching",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The application of the eight-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire has rarely been investigated cross-culturally. This study examined the psychometric properties and use of the eight-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire in Taiwan, using a national birth cohort dataset of 12 year olds as a sample. The dataset of 12-year-old children in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Pilot Study, which included 17,694 adolescents, was used for this study. The eight-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was double-translated into Mandarin Chinese. Item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling for construct validity were conducted. The four-point Likert scale for the eight-item Chinese Oxford Happiness Questionnaire showed good inter-item correlation. Having deleted the item &quot;mentally alert&quot;, the remaining seven items were separated into two dimensions of social adaptation status (SAS) and psychological well-being (PWB), resulting in Cronbach's alpha scores of 0.63 and 0.55, respectively. The two dimensions showed good construct validity. The differences in the language and cultural connotations of being &quot;mentally alert&quot; are discussed. Furthermore, being of a collective culture, the two dimensions of SAS and PWB were found in Chinese adolescents, allowing distinction between social- and individual-oriented happiness. Our study showed that the seven-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire has a scale that is easy to use and comprehend, with good psychometric properties for use with Chinese adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-019-00472-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00472-y"
}