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Fear of Happiness Scale – FHS
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Key references:
Joshanloo, M., Lepshokova, Z. Kh., Panyusheva, T., Natalia, A. Poon, W.C., Yeung, V.W., Sundaram, S., Achoui, M., Asano, R., Igarashi, T., Tsukamoto, S., Rizwan, M., Khilji, I., A., Ferreira, M. C., Pang, J.S., Ho, L.S., Han, G., Bae, J., & Jiang, D. (2014). Cross-cultural validation of the fear of happiness scale across 14 national groups. Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 45(2), 246-264. doi: 10.1177/0022022113505357
Joshanloo, M. (2013). The influence of fear of happiness beliefs on responses to the satisfaction with life scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(5), 647-651.
The fear of happiness scale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | A little disagree | Neither Agree or Disagree | A little agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree |
| 1. I prefer not to be too joyful, because usually joy is followed by sadness. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 2. I believe the more cheerful and happy I am, the more I should expect
bad things to occur in my life. |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 3. Disasters often follow good fortune. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 4. Having lots of joy and fun causes bad things to happen. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 5. Excessive joy has some bad consequences. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Cite this article
mohammad looti (2026). Fear of Happiness Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fear-of-happiness-scale/
mohammad looti. "Fear of Happiness Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 1 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fear-of-happiness-scale/.
mohammad looti. "Fear of Happiness Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fear-of-happiness-scale/.
mohammad looti (2026) 'Fear of Happiness Scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fear-of-happiness-scale/.
[1] mohammad looti, "Fear of Happiness Scale," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.
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