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BACKGROUND: Well-being has become a core concept in the study of positive child health, however, previous instruments for well-being evaluation have been centered mainly on the hedonic component. Therefore, the objective of this study was to adapt the Psychological Well-being Scales for assessing eudaimonic well-being in children and adolescents using a single-item per dimension approach. METHOD: A total of 312 participants (52.9% girls; ages 10-18) from Spain completed the Psychological Well-Being Scales Short Form, the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and their psychological well-being was evaluated via a semi-structured interview by a developmental psychologist who was an expert in positive psychology. RESULTS: Parallel analysis and exploratory factor analysis suggested a unidimensional structure that showed an excellent fit to the data. The new measure also demonstrated scalar invariance across gender and age. Moreover, the new scale significantly correlated with both WHO-5 and the expert´s ratings of psychological well-being, indicating adequate criterion validity. CONCLUSIONS: The Psychological Well-Being Scales Short Form is a useful, brief measuring instrument that reduces children cognitive fatigue during evaluation.
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Reproducibility of Results , Adolescent , Child , Factor Analysis, Statistical , Female , Humans , Male , SpainABSTRACT
Background: Well-being has become a core concept in the study of positivechild health, however, previous instruments for well-being evaluation havebeen centered mainly on the hedonic component. Therefore, the objectiveof this study was to adapt the Psychological Well-being Scales for assessingeudaimonic well-being in children and adolescents using a single-item perdimension approach. Method: A total of 312 participants (52.9% girls;ages 10-18) from Spain completed the Psychological Well-Being ScalesShort Form, the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and their psychological well-being was evaluated via a semi-structured interview by a developmentalpsychologist who was an expert in positive psychology. Results: Parallelanalysis and exploratory factor analysis suggested a unidimensionalstructure that showed an excellent fit to the data. The new measure alsodemonstrated scalar invariance across gender and age. Moreover, thenew scale significantly correlated with both WHO-5 and the expertÄôsratings of psychological well-being, indicating adequate criterion validity.Conclusions: The Psychological Well-Being Scales Short Form is a useful,brief measuring instrument that reduces children cognitive fatigue duringevaluation.
Antecedentes: el bienestarse ha convertido en un concepto central para el estudio de la salud infantil,aunque los instrumentos previos para su evaluación se han centrado en sucomponente hedónico. Por ello, nuestro objetivo fue adaptar las Escalasde Bienestar Psicológico para su uso con niños y adolescentes utilizandoun enfoque de un único ítem por dimensión. Método: un total de 312participantes (52,9% mujeres; edades 10-18) españoles completaron lanueva versión reducida de las escalas de bienestar psicológico, el índicede bienestar de la OMS-5, y su bienestar fue evaluado mediante unaentrevista semiestructurada. Resultados: el análisis paralelo y el análisisfactorial exploratorio sugirieron una estructura unidimensional quemostró un ajuste excelente a los datos. Además, la nueva medida presentóinvariancia escalar para el género y la edad. La nueva escala correlacionósignificativamente con la escala de OMS-5, así como con la evaluacióndel experto externo sobre la satisfacción con la vida global, indicando unaadecuada validez de criterio. Conclusiones: la versión reducida de lasEscalas de Bienestar Psicológico para jóvenes ha mostrado unas excelentespropiedades psicométricas, siendo un instrumento de medición breve quereduce la fatiga cognitiva de los jóvenes durante la evaluación.
