Development and Initial Validation of a General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African Context

被引：8

作者：

Khumalo, Itumeleng P. ^{[1
]}

Temane, Q. Michael ^{[1
]}

Wissing, Marie P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] North West Univ, Sch Psychosocial Behav Sci, ZA-2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa

来源：

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA | 2010年 / 20卷 / 01期

关键词：

psychological well-being; General Psychological Well-being Scale; GPWS; scale development; psychometric properties; validity; reliability; African context; EXPLORATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS; MENTAL-HEALTH-CONTINUUM; VALIDITY; SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; DEPRESSION; MODEL; PHQ-9;

D O I：

10.1080/14330237.2010.10820338

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

This study aimed to develop and validate the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African sample, based on the empirical overlap between hedonic and eudaimonic facets of well-being as found in previous research. The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in three phases: secondary data analysis (n = 2005), pilot study (n = 296) and main study (n = 459). The pilot and main study included the GPWS as well as other psychological well-being measures for criterion-related validity. The pilot study yielded satisfactory psychometric properties. The main study yielded a high, reliable Cronbach alpha of .89 and evidence of construct validity. The GPWS appears to be a unidimensional scale suitable for research use with Setswana-speaking people.

引用

页码：13 / 22

页数：10

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