Sociological Cultural Studies

Sociological Cultural Studies

A Controversy about Measuring Happiness: Comparative Evaluation of Oxford and Islamic Happiness Questionnaires Based on a Survey Among College Students

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Authors
Seyed Mohsen Mousavi 1
Abolfazl Morshedi 2
somayeh vatankhah 3
1 Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Iran
2 assistant proffesor of social sciences of yazd university
3 Faculty of Social scinces, yazd university
10.30465/scs.2024.45543.2734
Abstract
The aim of this article is evaluating and comparing the data of two questionnaires; Oxford and Islamic, on a single statistical population. this research has tried to make assumptions about the measurement of happiness and ideas for future researches. The conceptual framework of the research is based on the analytical dualities of the ontology of happiness, which include "biological-psychological"/"cultural-historical" dimensions (in the Positive dimension) and "hedonistic"/" virtuous" dimensions (in the normative dimension). The statistical population of the research includes the students of Yazd University, from whom a sample of 384 people was extracted. The results of the research showed that firstly, the Pearson correlation coefficient between the average scores of two questionnaires is equal to 0.68, and secondly, the average scores of the students are greater than the Islamic questionnaire and significantly different from their average scores in the Oxford Happiness. In the following, comparisons were made regarding the degree of arousal and emotionality, as well as the degree of individualism and collectivism of the items of the two questionnaires and their results, and finally suggestions for future researches were presented.
Keywords
Happiness
Oxford happiness questionnaire
Islamic happiness questionnaire
cultural approach
measuring happiness

Subjects

Sociological Cultural Studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 04 January 2025