NDLI: The Happiness-Enhancing Activities and Positive Practices Inventory (HAPPI): Development and Validation

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Author	Henricksen, Annette Stephens, Christine
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Whilst research indicates that happiness-enhancing activities can boost happiness, the measurement of intentional happiness-enhancing activities has thus far been inadequate. This paper describes the development and initial empirical testing of the Happiness-enhancing Activities and Positive Practices Inventory (HAPPI), a self-report inventory designed to measure older adults’ happiness-enhancing activities. An exploratory factor analysis of the HAPPI responses from a population sample of 2,313 older adults identified four factors: self-concordant work, personal recreation and people, spiritual and thought-related, and goal-focused activities. Results demonstrated evidence of reliability, convergent and discriminant validity and support for the predictive utility of the HAPPI. The subscales derived from the factor analysis correlated as expected with measures of subjective well-being and other relevant measures, and showed moderately high subscale intercorrelations and satisfactory internal consistency. The results provide a basis for continuing to develop and clarify the types of intentional activities people engage in. Differences between our results and studies with younger adults are discussed, including possible age-related differences in the types of happiness-enhancing activities engaged in and the potential influence of these activities on happiness. The HAPPI is a relatively brief, easily administered inventory that shows promise as a useful tool for the measurement of happiness-enhancing activities and can be employed to follow cohorts to determine which domains demonstrate the greatest contribution to happiness and other well-being outcomes, which have implications for social policy, education and intervention programmes to enhance well-being.
Starting Page	81
Ending Page	98
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-01-11
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Happiness Subjective well-being Intentional activities Strategies Older adults Activity Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology Economics/Management Science Philosophy Positive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

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