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First published in Illuminare, v15 i1 published by Indiana University. Link: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/illuminare/article/view/22870

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Article

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Keywords

Happiness, well-being, subjective well-being, intersectionality, factor analysis, Likert scale

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Illuminare: A Student Journal in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Studies, Indiana University

Volume

15

Issue

1

First Page

48

Last Page

61

Abstract

This pilot study measures the possible intersectionality of happiness and well-being. Items were used from the Oxford Happiness and Well-Being Questionnaire, designed to independently measure the constructs of happiness and well-being. 42 items were combined from which 10 items were randomly selected and converted to a six-point Likert scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” and administered to 28 college students at a Midwestern University taking a leisure studies course. The instrument yielded a significant alpha value of α (27) = 0.835. Factor analysis was conducted to find which variable loaded on each factor (happiness and well-being). Items having a value greater than 0.30 on both happiness and well-being factors were considered to represent the intersectionality of the latent variables. The results indicated that three of the ten items loaded on both factors with a value greater than 0.30, indicating some degree of intersectionality between happiness and well-being.

Department

Department of Social Work

Original Publication Date

6-13-2017

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1 PDF File

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UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2017 The Author(s)

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

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en

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