The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines

Cultural theories of well-being emphasize the importance of establishing and maintaining satisfying interpersonal relationships to achieve happiness in collectivist societies. Yet, widely used measures of subjective well-being have failed to capture the social dimension of happiness. To address this...

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Main Authors: Datu, Jesus Alfonso D., King, Ronnel B., Valdez, Jana Patricia M.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-45362021-09-15T06:56:25Z The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines Datu, Jesus Alfonso D. King, Ronnel B. Valdez, Jana Patricia M. Cultural theories of well-being emphasize the importance of establishing and maintaining satisfying interpersonal relationships to achieve happiness in collectivist societies. Yet, widely used measures of subjective well-being have failed to capture the social dimension of happiness. To address this research gap, Hitokoto and Uchida (2015) developed the Interdependent Happiness Scale (IHS), a measure of happiness that was based on interpersonal harmony, quiescence, and ordinariness. The current research assessed the psychometric validity of IHS among Filipino high school students (Study 1) and to examine the incremental validity of interdependent happiness over sense of relatedness in predicting well-being outcomes (Study 2). The results of Study 1 revealed that the hierarchical model of interdependent happiness with relationship oriented happiness, quiescent happiness, and ordinary happiness as first-order factors was applicable for Filipino high school students and the higher-order interdependent happiness construct had stronger predictive impact than each dimension on flourishing and life satisfaction. In Study 2, the hierarchical model of interdependent happiness was also supported and interdependent happiness was found to have incremental validity beyond sense of relatedness in optimizing well-being indices (i.e., flourishing and life satisfaction). The theoretical and practical implications of the results are elucidated. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2016-09-01T07:00:00Z text text/html https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3534 info:doi/10.1007/s12187-015-9333-3 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4536/type/native/viewcontent/s12187_015_9333_3.html Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Happiness Well-being Relatedness (Psychology) Psychology
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
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topic Happiness
Well-being
Relatedness (Psychology)
Psychology
spellingShingle Happiness
Well-being
Relatedness (Psychology)
Psychology
Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.
King, Ronnel B.
Valdez, Jana Patricia M.
The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines
description Cultural theories of well-being emphasize the importance of establishing and maintaining satisfying interpersonal relationships to achieve happiness in collectivist societies. Yet, widely used measures of subjective well-being have failed to capture the social dimension of happiness. To address this research gap, Hitokoto and Uchida (2015) developed the Interdependent Happiness Scale (IHS), a measure of happiness that was based on interpersonal harmony, quiescence, and ordinariness. The current research assessed the psychometric validity of IHS among Filipino high school students (Study 1) and to examine the incremental validity of interdependent happiness over sense of relatedness in predicting well-being outcomes (Study 2). The results of Study 1 revealed that the hierarchical model of interdependent happiness with relationship oriented happiness, quiescent happiness, and ordinary happiness as first-order factors was applicable for Filipino high school students and the higher-order interdependent happiness construct had stronger predictive impact than each dimension on flourishing and life satisfaction. In Study 2, the hierarchical model of interdependent happiness was also supported and interdependent happiness was found to have incremental validity beyond sense of relatedness in optimizing well-being indices (i.e., flourishing and life satisfaction). The theoretical and practical implications of the results are elucidated. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
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author Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.
King, Ronnel B.
Valdez, Jana Patricia M.
author_facet Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.
King, Ronnel B.
Valdez, Jana Patricia M.
author_sort Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.
title The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines
title_short The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines
title_full The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines
title_fullStr The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed The benefits of socially-oriented happiness: Validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the Philippines
title_sort benefits of socially-oriented happiness: validation of the interdependent happiness scale in the philippines
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publishDate 2016
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