View this article in RussianRecently Lewis, Khukhrin, Musharraf, and Lewis have provided a succinct overview [1] of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale [2], a brief measure of positive affect, in order to contextualise their work providing a Russian translation of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale. The addition of a Russian translation of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale to the literature on positive psychology in Russian provides to both researchers and clinicians an additional instrument for consideration for use in their practice.
In order to supplement the work of Lewis et al. [1] the present aim was to provide an accessible version of the Russian translation of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale published in a domestic Russian journal, such as Psychology, Sociology and Education. Also it allows the translated measure to have greater visibility in the Russian internet search engines and scientific databases.
Within the appendix are copies of both the original English version of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale [2], and the Russian translation of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale [1], along with the guidance notes in both English and Russian on the administration and scoring of the instrument.
It is hoped that Russian-speaking colleagues may welcome the further visibility of the Russian translation of the Short Depression-Happiness Scale [1].
Appendix
Short Depression-Happiness Scale (SDHS)
© Stephen Joseph 2000
A number of statements that people have made to describe how they feel are given below. Please read each one and tick the box which best describes how frequently you felt that way in the past seven days, including today. Some statements describe positive feelings and some describe negative feelings. You may have experienced both positive and negative feelings at different times during the past seven days.
Table 1
|
Never |
Rarely |
Some-times |
Often |
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| (1) I felt dissatisfied with my life | ||||
| (2) I felt happy | ||||
| (3) I felt cheerless | ||||
| (4) I felt pleased with the way I am | ||||
| (5) I felt that life was enjoyable | ||||
| (6) I felt that life was meaningless |
Instructions for scoring
To get the final assessment, it is necessary to calculate the total number of points obtained by the test subject. Each answer corresponds to a certain number of points. Items 1, 3, and 6 are reversed.
For direct items: Never (0) Occasionally (1) Sometimes (2), Often (3).
For reversed items: Never (3) Occasionally (2) Sometimes (1) Often (0).
References
- Lewis, C. A., Khukhrin, M., Galyautdinova, S., Musharraf, S., & Lewis, M. J. The Short Depression-Happiness Scale: A Russian translation // Indian Journal of Positive Psychology. 2017. №1.
- Joseph, S., Linley, P. A., Harwood, J., Lewis, C. A., McCollam, P. Rapid assessment of well-being: The Short Depression-Happiness Scale (SDHS) // Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 2004. №4.