Scale
name: State Joy Scale
Scale
overview: The State
Joy Scale (SJS) is an 11-item self-report rating scale of joy with strong
psychometric properties.
Response
Type: There are
two types of ratings.
1. Items
1-2 are rated on a 7-point frequency basis from 1 = Not at all to 7 = Frequently.
See the article for the text for each of the numerical options.
2. Items 3-
11 are rated on a 7-point scale of agreement from 1 = Completely disagree to 7
= Strongly agree.
Sample Scale
items
1. In the past week, how often have you felt joyful?
7. Something happened this week that made me feel like celebrating.
Reliability:
In study 1 of Watkins
et al. (2017), Cronbach's alpha = .945.
Validity: Factor analysis yielded a one-factor
solution, which explained 65.17% of the variance.
The State
Joy Scale was significantly positively correlated with several measures
including the following (correlations follow the scale names).
Gratitude Questionnaire-6, .424
GRAT-S, .437
PANAS Joy,
.767
Satisfaction
with Life scale, .561
Flourishing
scale, .599
Availability:
The full
set of 11 items are on page 17 of the Watkins et al. (2017) article.
Cite
this post
Sutton, G.
W. (2022, November 28). State joy scale. Assessment, Statistics, and Research.
Retrieved from https://statistics.suttong.com/2022/11/state-joy-scale.html
Reference
for the scale
Sutton, G.
W. (2021). Creating surveys: Second
Edition| How to create and administer surveys, evaluate workshops &
seminars, interpret and present results. Springfield, MO: Sunflower. AMAZON Paperback ISBN-13: 9798712780327 Book website
Watkins, P.C., Emmons, R. A., Greaves, M. R. & Bell,
J. (2018) Joy is a distinct positive emotion: Assessment of joy and
relationship to gratitude and well-being, The Journal of Positive
Psychology, 13:5, 522-539, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2017.1414298
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