title: Convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale with measures of depression.
abstract: In recent years, the study of subjective well-being (SWB) has attracted much research interest. One recent operational definition of SWB is the McGreal and Joseph (1993) Depression-Happiness Scale. The aim of the present research was to investigate the convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale with several other well established measures of depressive symptomatology. Subjects were 194 undergraduate students attending the University of Ulster. Lower scores on the Depression-Happiness Scale, indicating a higher frequency of negative thoughts and feelings and a lower frequency of positive thoughts and feelings, were associated with higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, the Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. These data provide further evidence for the convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale.
authors.affiliation: University of Essex.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index