Ryff's Six-Factor Model of Psychological Well-Being, A Spanish Exploration

This article aims to provide researchers interested in using Ryff's Scales of Psychologial Wellbeing with additional information to make an informed decision on the scales and items to use. It builds on the discussion in the literature on the six factor structure of this measure. An alternative...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2008-07, Vol.87 (3), p.473-479, Article 473
Main Authors: van Dierendonck, Dirk, Díaz, Dario, Rodríguez-Carvajal, Raquel, Blanco, Amalio, Moreno-Jiménez, Bernardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colombia
Comparative Analysis
Construct Validity
Culture
Discriminant analysis
Factor Analysis
Factor Structure
Factorials
Foreign Countries
Good life
Happiness
Human Geography
Individual Differences
Literature Reviews
Measures (Individuals)
Mental Health
Microeconomics
Modeling
Personal development
Personal growth
Personality psychology
Personality. Social role
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Psychology
Psychometrics
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Researchers
Social Indicators
Social psychology
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spain
Spanish
Spanish language
Statistical analysis
Validity
Well Being
Wellbeing
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Summary:This article aims to provide researchers interested in using Ryff's Scales of Psychologial Wellbeing with additional information to make an informed decision on the scales and items to use. It builds on the discussion in the literature on the six factor structure of this measure. An alternative shortened version of this wellbeing measure (Van Dierendonck 2004). "Personality and Individual Differences", 36, 629–643) was analyzed in a combined Spanish language sample from Spain and Columbia. Using confirmatory factor analysis, one-, two-, three- and six-factor models were compared. The results showed that indeed four out the six dimensions overlapped considerably. Nevertheless, the model that fit the data best was the six factor model with one underlying second order well-being factor, hereby confirming Ryff's model in a non-Anglo–Saxon culture.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9174-7