Reliability and Validity of the Subjective Well-being Scale of Chinese Middle School Students / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To set up the subjective well-being scale for Chinese middle school students. Methods: 1404 middle school students from 11 middle schools in Shenzhen finished the middle school students subjective well-being scale. Results: The result of Item Analysis showed that 20 items of the scale met psychometric criteria. The scale's internal consistency was 0.897, split reliability 0.827. It had acceptable discriminant validity subjects with higher scale scores also had significantly higher scores in every items than those with lower scale scores, and this scale could effectively differentiate students with high and low school achievements. Exploratory factor analyses indicated that the scale had one dominant factor. Conclusion: The Chinese middle school students subjective well-being scale has met basic psychometric criteria for further research.