The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties in an Adult Japanese Sample

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ryosuke Asano¹  Tasuku Igarashi²  Saori Tsukamoto³ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Kurume University;Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University;Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Aichi Gakuin University

关键词: well-being;    Hedonic and Eudamonic Motives for Activities;    measurement invariance;    reliability;    validity;    adults;    Japan;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01220

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Hedonic pleasure orientation (seeking enjoyment), hedonic relaxation orientation (seeking comfort), and eudaimonic orientation (seeking meaning) are major ways that people pursue well-being. We investigated the measurement invariance and psychometric properties of the Hedonic and Eudamonic Motives for Activities (HEMA) scale in a Japanese adult sample ( N = 1,892). The Japanese HEMA scale demonstrated measurement invariance at the configural, metric, scalar, and strict levels across gender and age groups. Latent mean differences of the scale across these demographic groups were less than small. The scale showed high internal consistency and six-week test-retest reliability and reasonable correlations with life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, psychological well-being, and interdependent happiness. In sum, these findings suggest that the Japanese HEMA scale is useful to capture hedonic and eudaimonic conceptions of well-being as orientations. It is hoped that our findings will stimulate further research on well-being using the HEMA scale.

【 授权许可】

CC BY