The Development and Validation of the Philippine National Police Wellbeing Scale

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a wellbeing scale for the Philippine National Police Headquarters (PNP-NHQ). This research utilized Instrument Development Model, and the methodology followed the standard scale development procedures. During data analysis, the researchers conduc...

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Published in:North American journal of psychology 2022-09, Vol.24 (3), p.451-462
Main Authors: Pioquinto, Jonie Glen Mendoza, Ortiz-Bance, Lucila R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Corporate culture
Criminal investigations
Cronbach's alpha
Evaluation
Health aspects
Health policy
Mental health
Mental health surveys
Police
Police administration
Psychological aspects
Psychologists
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Stress
Surveys
Validity
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a wellbeing scale for the Philippine National Police Headquarters (PNP-NHQ). This research utilized Instrument Development Model, and the methodology followed the standard scale development procedures. During data analysis, the researchers conducted validity and reliability checking, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to determine the psychometric properties of the test. Results showed a high level of Cronbach's alpha coefficients ([alpha] = .88 to [alpha] = .96) for all of the factors. There was an observed acceptable validity coefficient between the PNP-WellS and the Scale of General Wellbeing (SGWB) (r = .524) and between PNP-Wells and the Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) (r = -.204), thus, establishing the convergent and discriminant validity of PNP-WellS, respectively. Moreover, the fit indices were found to be within the acceptable values (RMSEA = .074, CFI = .95, NFI = .92). This study concluded that PNP-WellS is a sound measure of wellbeing appropriate to the culture of PNP-NHQ and it can be useful in determining the effectiveness of mental health policies and programs for the PNP.
ISSN:1527-7143