摘要：Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the structural and external validity of the recently developed Questionnaire for Eudaimonic well-being (QEWB), scrutinising the parcelling approach used by Waterman and colleagues to confirm the unidimensional structure of the scale.

Method: A multicultural South African student sample (n = 325) was used. Parceland item-level confirmatory factor analysis and item-level exploratory factor analysis were conducted to explore the scale’s structural validity. External validity was examined via attenuation corrected correlations with scores on criterion measures.

Results: On parcel-level a one-dimensional structure fitted well, but since the assumption of unidimensional parcels was violated, the use of parcelling was contraindicated. Item-level analyses revealed a multidimensional factor structure. The scale showed good convergent and discriminant validity.

Conclusions: The QEWB shows potential for future use, given that the multidimensionality of the scale is acknowledged. Some items may need revision.

作者：Lusilda Schutte& Marié P Wissing& Itumeleng P Khumalo

出处：Psychology of well-being: Theory, Research and Practice 2013年第3卷第3页