Validação da Psychological Well-being Scale em uma amostra de estudantes universitários

Abstract

This study aimed to adapt and validate the Psychological Well-being Scale (PWBS) in an undergraduate student’s sample. The item adaptation process involved translation, judges’ analysis and evaluation of familiarity. Subsequently, 313 undergraduate students, with\nmean age 24.18 (SD = 6.44) years, with 190 (60.7%) females and 123 (39.3%) males, responded to PWBS. To investigate the construct validity confirmatory factor and correlation analyses with indicators of life satisfaction, positive and negative affect, affect balance and\ndepression were conducted. The theoretical model of six oblique factors showed the best fit and the six subscales correlated in the expected direction and magnitude with others well-being indicators. The PWBS proved to be a valid and reliable instrument.