Michelettoetal 2020 Italianadaptationofthe Pembertonhappinessindex (original) (raw)

Happiness is a multi-faceted phenomenon in individuals' lives. It bene ts our mental and physical health, social relations, employment, education, and environment. Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI) is a short and complete index covering general, hedonic, eudaimonic and social well-being. It considers the di erent timeframes of remembered and experienced well-being. The objective of the study is verifying if PHI, already validated in European and world countries is suitable for the Italian culture. The questionnaire was administered to 410 participants randomly divided into two groups to perform exploratory (EFA) and con rmatory (CFA) analyses, to examine Pearson's correlations with other scales, and to assess internal consistency (Cronbach ). Through EFA and CFA, aligning with the original validation, the best solution indicated a unidimensional structure composed of Remembered Wellbeing and the Experienced Well-being score. Pearson's correlations evinced strong positive correlations with psychological well-being and satisfaction with life and negative correlations with negative a ect. PHI proves to be a concise and solid scale, suitable to the Italian culture. The strong positive correlations between PHI and life satisfaction and positive well-being con- rm that individuals' evaluation of happiness is a crucial step and that in Italian culture well-being is strongly related to optimal functioning, both for individuals and for healthy working places.