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The Development of the Positive Emotion Assessment of Contentment Experience (PEACE) Scale

verfasst von: Daniel T. Cordaro, Christina Bradley, Jia Wei Zhang, Franklyn Zhu, Rachel Han

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 4/2021

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Contentment is an emotion that arises from the perception of completeness in life. Through a series of validation studies, the purpose of this work was to develop a scale of dispositional contentment, The Positive Emotion Assessment of Contentment Experience (PEACE) Scale. The PEACE Scale demonstrated favorable psychometric properties, including single factor structure, high internal consistency (α = .93), temporal reliability (r = .86), and construct and predictive validity. Scores on the PEACE Scale were positively correlated with all Big Five personality traits except for neuroticism. Scores also correlated positively with unconditional self-acceptance, and negatively with depression, anxiety, and stress. In addition, high levels of contentment were predictive of lower materialism and greed. Potential uses of the scale are discussed.

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Titel: The Development of the Positive Emotion Assessment of Contentment Experience (PEACE) Scale
verfasst von: Daniel T. Cordaro
Christina Bradley
Jia Wei Zhang
Franklyn Zhu
Rachel Han
Publikationsdatum: 18.07.2020
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 4/2021
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00295-9

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