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Psychometric properties of the Slovene version of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire
Andreja Avsec & Tina Kavčič
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https://doi.org/10.20419/2012.21.354 | Cited By: CrossRef (2)
Abstract: The Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (OTH; Peterson, Park in Seligman, 2005) measures three routes to happiness: life of pleasure (hedonism), life of meaning (eudemonia) and life of engagement (flow). The questionnaire was adapted to Slovene in several steps (two independent translations by experts, reaching agreement, retranslation; modification) and its psychometric properties were examined with 1064 participants, aged 18 to 91 years. The participants also rated their satisfaction with life. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated adequate fit of the expected three-factor model. Results showed satisfactory internal consistency of the three scales (alpha coefficients ranged from 0.70 to 0.83) and satisfactory itemtotal correlations. Inter-correlation coefficients suggested low associations between orientation to pleasure and orientation to meaning, while orientation to engagement was moderately related to the other two orientations to happiness. Men and women did not differ statistically significantly in their self-reported orientations to happiness, while age of the participants had a significant, though small negative effect on orientation to pleasure. After accounting for demographic characteristics orientations to pleasure and engagement significantly improved the prediction of subjective life satisfaction. Results also indicate that satisfaction with life was highest in participants relatively high on all three orientations to happiness.
Keywords: Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire, life satisfaction, pleasure, engagement, meaning
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Avsec, A., & Kavčič. T. (2012). Merske značilnosti slovenske oblike Vprašalnika usmerjenosti k sreči (OTH) [Psychometric properties of the Slovene version of the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire]. Psihološka obzorja, 21(1), 7–18. https://doi.org/10.20419/2012.21.354
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