Happiness as stable extraversion: A cross-cultural examination of the reliability and validity of the Oxford Happiness Inventory among students in the UK, USA, Australia, and Canada

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作者
Francis, LJ [1 ]
Brown, LB
Lester, D
Philipchalk, R
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[1] Trinity Coll, Carmarthen SA31 3EP, Dyfed, Wales
[2] Univ Wales, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales
[3] Westminster Coll, Alister Hardy Res Ctr, Oxford OX2 9AT, England
[4] Ctr Study Suicide, Blackwood, NJ 08012 USA
[5] Trinity Western Univ, Dept Psychol, Langley, BC V3A 6H4, Canada
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10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00170-0
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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The Oxford Happiness Inventory and the short form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire were completed by four samples of students: 378 in the U.K., 212 in the U.S.A., 255 in Australia, and 231 in Canada. The findings confirm the internal reliability of the Oxford Happiness Inventory and support the view that happiness could be called stable extraversion. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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