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Happiness Measured by a Single Item: Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Version of Fordyce Global Happiness Scale Among University Students and Mothers of Children With Intellectual Disabilities

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorAli, Amira Mohammed
dc.contributor.authorAl‐Dossary, Al‐Dossary, Saeed A.
dc.contributor.authorFekih‐Romdhane, Feten
dc.contributor.authorAtout, Maha
dc.contributor.authorFakhrou, Abdulnaser
dc.contributor.authorSuliman, Mohamed M. H.
dc.contributor.authorGaballa, Abdalla S. M.
dc.contributor.authorZayed, Ahmad M. A.
dc.contributor.authorHallit, Souheil
dc.contributor.authorLaranjeira, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-16T14:47:21Z
dc.date.available2026-07-16T14:47:21Z
dc.date.issued2026-06-03
dc.descriptionArticle number: e70079
dc.descriptionAcknowledgments The research has been supported by Scientific Research Deanship at University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia through project number `RG‐23195`. No Generative AI was used in the preparation of this manuscript.
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Aiming to validate the Fordyce Global Happiness Scale in Arabic, this cross‐sectional study recruited two conve-nience Saudi samples of 422 university students and 85 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities.Methods: Among students, a latent variable model was used to examine scale convergent/divergent validity relative to lifesatisfaction and depressive symptomatology. Scale cutoffs were assessed in the two samples through cluster analyses and ROCanalysis. Differences in happiness were evaluated between mothers and students and across student groups of gender, academicdegree, and type of study (practical vs. theoretical).Results: The latent variable model expressed good fit, showing satisfaction with life and positive affect as significant positivepredictors of happiness, which was inversely associated with somatic complaints and negative affect. Two‐step cluster analysisresulted in a two‐cluster solution, which revealed three cutoffs (among students: < 5, 5–8, > 8 and among mothers: < 4, 4–8, >8), which significantly classified the samples according to the levels of happiness into low/mild, moderate, and high. ROCanalysis revealed an optimal cutoff of 4.5 with high sensitivity (100%) and acceptable specificity (74% and 62%) among studentsand mothers, respectively. The highest and lowest levels of all depressive symptoms were noticed in participants with happinessscores (< 4.5 or < 5) and > 8, respectively. Known‐group validity was signaled by lower overall happiness scores in the mothersample relative to university students.Conclusions: Fordyce Global Happiness Scale captures happiness as a distinct construct, which relates to the cognitive andemotional components of well‐being and physical symptoms of psychopathology.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research has been supported by Scientific Research Deanship at University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia through project number `RG‐23195`. No Generative AI was used in the preparation of this manuscript.
dc.identifier.citationAli, A. M., Al-Dossary, S. A., Fekih-Romdhane, F., Atout, M., Fakhrou, A., Suliman, M. M. H., Gaballa, A. S. M., Zayed, A. M. A., Hallit, S., & Laranjeira, C. (2026). Happiness Measured by a Single Item: Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Version of Fordyce Global Happiness Scale Among University Students and Mothers of Children With Intellectual Disabilities. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 35(2), Artigo e70079. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.70079
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/mpr.70079
dc.identifier.eissn1557-0657
dc.identifier.issn1049-8931
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/16610
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation"RG‐23195"
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dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectarab/Arabic/saudi
dc.subjectdepression/negative affect/somatic complaints
dc.subjectfordyce global happiness scale/fordyce emotion questionnaire
dc.subjectsubjective wellbeing/positive affect/satisfaction with life
dc.subjectuniversity students/postgraduates/undergraduate students
dc.subjectvalidation/psychometrics/convergent validity/ divergent validity/Two‐Step cluster analysis/k‐means cluster analysis/cutoff score
dc.titleHappiness Measured by a Single Item: Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Version of Fordyce Global Happiness Scale Among University Students and Mothers of Children With Intellectual Disabilitieseng
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oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
oaire.citation.volume35
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person.givenNameCarlos
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