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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Happiness Stud. 2017 Jan 21;19(3):699–718. doi: 10.1007/s10902-016-9843-9

Table A3.

Scale-Level descriptive statistics, reliability, and concurrent validity

Item Bank, 39 Items SF8, 8 Items SF4, 4 Items

Scale Descriptive Statistics (S1, n=909)
 Range 10.2–72.8 13.2–67.3 16.8–63.9
 Mean (SD) 49.8 (11.2) 49.6 (10.5) 49.3 (9.9)
 Floor, % 1 (0.11%) 2 (0.22%) 2 (0.22%)
 Ceiling, % 56 (6%) 109 (12%) 176 (19.4%)

Reliability
 Marginal Reliability (S1) 0.97 0.93 0.91
 Test-Retest ICC (S1, n=52) 0.70 0.71 0.70

Convergent Validity, Pearson’s r 0.88 0.86 0.85
 NIH Toolbox Proxy Positive Affect (S1, n=107) 0.69 0.70 0.70
 NIH Toolbox Proxy Life Satisfaction (S1, n=102) 0.83 0.81 0.80
 PROMIS Parent Proxy Life Satisfaction (S1, n=502) 0.66 0.65 0.64
 PROMIS Parent Proxy Meaning and Purpose (S1, n=464)

Discriminant Validity, Pearson’s r
 PROMIS Parent Proxy Anger (S2, n=1,306) - −0.56 −0.50
 PROMIS Parent Proxy Anxiety (S2, n=1,306) - −0.40 −0.36
 PROMIS Parent Proxy Pain Interference (S2, n=1,305) - −0.26 −0.26
 PROMIS Parent Proxy Physical Stress Experiences (S2, n=1,285) - −0.38 −0.36