Unhappy While Depressed: Examining the Dimensionality, Reliability and Validity of the Subjective Happiness Scale in a Spanish Sample of Patients with Depressive Disorders


Por: Feliu-Soler, A, de Diego-Adelino, J, Luciano, JV, Iraurgi, I, Alemany, C, Puigdemont, D, Perez, V, Portella, MJ, Trujols, J

Publicada: 1 oct 2021
Resumen:
Despite the considerable amount of research evidence on the significant role of subjective happiness on mental health, there is no psychometric study of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) in psychiatric samples. This study was aimed at exploring the psychometric properties of the SHS in a Spanish sample of patients with depressive disorders. Participants were 174 patients with a depressive disorder (70% diagnosed as major depressive disorder) who completed the SHS, the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR16), and the EQ-5D Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VAS). Depressive symptoms were also assessed by means of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS17) and the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) Scale. Dimensionality, internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness to change of the SHS were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the original one-factor structure of the scale. The SHS exhibited good-to-excellent results for internal consistency (alpha = 0.83) and for convergent [EQ-5D VAS (r = 0.71)] and divergent [QIDS-SR16 (r = -0.72), HDRS17 (r = -0.60) and CGI-S (r = -0.61)] construct validity. The ability of the SHS to differentiate between depression severity levels as well as its responsiveness to clinical change were both highly satisfactory (p < 0.001 in both cases). The SHS retained the soundness of psychometric properties showed in non-clinical samples in a sample of patients with depressive disorders, which supports its use as a reliable and valid outcome measure in the treatment of such disorders.

Filiaciones:
Feliu-Soler, A:
 Autonomous Univ Barcelona UAB, Dept Clin & Hlth Psychol, Bellaterra 08193, Spain

 Teaching Res & Innovat Unit, Parc Sanitari St Joan Deu, Sant Boi De Llobregat 08830, Spain

de Diego-Adelino, J:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Servei Psiquiatria, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau IIB St Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain

 Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid 28029, Spain

Luciano, JV:
 Autonomous Univ Barcelona UAB, Dept Clin & Hlth Psychol, Bellaterra 08193, Spain

 Teaching Res & Innovat Unit, Parc Sanitari St Joan Deu, Sant Boi De Llobregat 08830, Spain

Iraurgi, I:
 Univ Deusto, DeustoPsych, Unidad Invest Desarrollo & Innovac Psicol & Salud, Bilbao 48007, Spain

Alemany, C:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Servei Psiquiatria, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau IIB St Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain

Puigdemont, D:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Servei Psiquiatria, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau IIB St Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain

 Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid 28029, Spain

Perez, V:
 Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid 28029, Spain

 Inst Neuropsiquiatria & Addicc INAD, Parc Salut Mar, Barcelona 08003, Spain

Portella, MJ:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Servei Psiquiatria, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau IIB St Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain

 Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid 28029, Spain

Trujols, J:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Servei Psiquiatria, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau IIB St Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain

 Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid 28029, Spain

 Univ Barcelona, Unitat Neurociencia Quantitat, Grp Recerca Psicol Quantitat SGR 269, Barcelona 08035, Spain
ISSN: 16617827





International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Editorial
MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, CH
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 18 Número: 20
Páginas:
WOS Id: 000713660000001
ID de PubMed: 34682709
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