Conceptualising and Measuring Adolescents’ Hedonic and Eudemonic Wellbeing: Discriminant Validity and Dimensionality Concerns

There is a gap between the theoretical assumptions of wellbeing and its associated empirical constructs. Three measurement models (a correlated factors model, a second-order two-factor model, and a bifactor model) were analysed using a large sample of English adolescents ( n  = 37, 630) to test whet...

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Published in:Child indicators research 2024-04, Vol.17 (2), p.551-579
Main Authors: Khanna, Devi, Black, Louise, Panayiotou, Margarita, Humphrey, Neil, Demkowicz, Ola
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child and School Psychology
Discriminant validity
Early Childhood Education
General factor
Happiness
Measurement
Quality of Life Research
Quantitative psychology
Social Sciences
Social Work
Teenagers
Validity
Well being
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Summary:There is a gap between the theoretical assumptions of wellbeing and its associated empirical constructs. Three measurement models (a correlated factors model, a second-order two-factor model, and a bifactor model) were analysed using a large sample of English adolescents ( n  = 37, 630) to test whether the theoretical separation between hedonic and eudemonic wellbeing is empirically supported, and whether there is the possibility of essential unidimensionality. Evidence of a general factor of wellbeing was found in the bifactor model, challenging the de-facto distinction often made between hedonic and eudemonic wellbeing.
ISSN:1874-897X
1874-8988
DOI:10.1007/s12187-024-10106-9