Convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale with the Bradburn Affect Balance Scale

The aim in the present paper was to provide further evidence for the convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale (Joseph & Lewis, 1998; McGreal & Joseph, 1993). The Affect Balance Scale (Bradburn, 1969), a measure which is very well established in the subjective well-being literature, containing measures of both positive and negative affect, was administered alongside the Depression-Happiness Scale to 67 undergraduate students. As predicted, higher scores on the Depression-Happiness Scale, indicating a higher frequency of positive feelings and a lower frequency of negative feelings, were significantly associated with higher scores on the Affect Balance Scale and the Affect Positive Scale and also with lower scores on the Affect Negative Scale. These data provide further evidence of the convergent validity of the Depression-Happiness Scale.