Measuring psychological well-being in the Chinese
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Personality and Individual Differences
Publication Date
4-1-2005
Volume
38
Issue
6
First Page
1307
Last Page
1316
Keywords
Chinese, Psychological well-being
Abstract
A 4-item-per-construct version of the Scales of Psychological Well-being (Ryff, 1989) was constructed and administered to a sample of adults in Hong Kong (ages 18-86). Three competing models were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis. Results suggested that a simple 6-factor model without any higher-order factor provided the best fit to the data, though only moderatly fitting. Furthermore, an examination of the factor loadings suggests that individual items might need further refinement or replacement. While the original 3-item scales suffered from poor internal consistencies, the new 4-item scales had relatively more acceptable internal consistency coefficients.
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2004.08.013
Print ISSN
01918869
E-ISSN
18733549
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Cheng, S.-T., & Chan, A. C. M. (2005). Measuring psychological well-being in the Chinese. Personality & Individual Differences, 38(6), 1307-1316. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.08.013