<p>Correlation matrix.</p>

In some cultural and psychological contexts, happiness may be approached with ambivalence or apprehension, reflecting concerns about its potential consequences. The Fear of Happiness Scale (FHS) was developed to assess such beliefs.

This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the FHS among Lebanese adults.</p> <p>Methods</p><p>The FHS was translated to Arabic following a conventional forward-backward translation procedure and was administered to a sample of 484 Lebanese adults along with the Patient Health Questionnaire, the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale for convergent validity. The factor structure was studied by Confirmatory Factor Analysis with weighted least squares mean and variance adjusted estimation.</p> <p>Results</p><p>Results suggested an acceptable fit of the one-factor model of the FHS scale with good internal consistency (ω = 0.95 / α = 0.95) and excellent convergent validity as shown by the Average Variance Extracted (AVE = 0.87).