Development of Subjective Well-Being Increasing Strategies Scale for Children (1-5 Ages) Their Mothers Use

Subjective well-being is a sign of positive mental health of children. The aim of the present study is to develop subjective well-being increasing strategies scale for children whose mothers’ uses are varied 1 to 5. In this study, there were 195 mothers whose mean ages were 31, 49 and standard devia...

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Published in:Journal of education and training studies 2018-06, Vol.6 (6), p.77
Main Authors: Eryılmaz, Ali, Sapsağlam, Özkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Studies
Correlation
Factor Analysis
Factor Structure
Foreign Countries
Item Analysis
Life Satisfaction
Mental Health
Mothers
Physical Health
Test Reliability
Test Validity
Well Being
Young Children
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Summary:Subjective well-being is a sign of positive mental health of children. The aim of the present study is to develop subjective well-being increasing strategies scale for children whose mothers’ uses are varied 1 to 5. In this study, there were 195 mothers whose mean ages were 31, 49 and standard deviation were 4,71.  Satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect scales were used. Moreover, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability and validity analysis were used. According to results, the scale has 66,03 % explained variance and four dimensions which were named as acting physical contact, playing game, satisfaction of desires and  take out.  The reliability and validity of the scale have enough values. The scale is valid and reliable. In future, some researches might carry out with this scale in order to increase children’s’ physical and mental health.
ISSN:2324-805X
2324-8068
DOI:10.11114/jets.v6i6.3125