Pemberton Happiness Index.
PHI
Integrative well-being combining remembered well-being (general, hedonic, eudaimonic, social) with experienced well-being (positive/negative events of the previous day).
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 21 (11 remembered-well-being + 10 experienced-well-being items). Remembered items on 0-10 agreement; experienced items yes/no (events yesterday); combined into a single well-being index (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Built in 7 languages from the start; later universal Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Argentina) validations and others
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Hervas, G., & Vazquez, C. (2013). Construction and validation of a measure of integrative well-being in seven languages: the Pemberton Happiness Index. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11, 66.
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