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- Title
Adaptação e validação do Questionário Geral de Bem-Estar Psicológico: análise fatorial confirmatória da versão reduzida.
- Authors
Alves Rainho Soares Pereira, Maria da Conceição; Quintas Antunes, Maria Cristina; Antunes Rodrigues da Costa Barroso, Isabel Maria; Gomes Correia, Teresa Isaltina; Da Silva Brito, Irma; Filomena dos Santos Pinto Monteiro, Maria João
- Abstract
Background: Psychological well-being is a personal perception which can impact students' health behaviors. To evaluate psychological well-being, instruments should be preferably short and have adequate psychometric properties. Objective: To validate the Questionário Geral de Bem-Estar Psicológico, versão reduzida (QGBEP-R) and verify its psychometric properties, after translation of the 6-item short version of the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWB-S). This Index was chosen because of the excellent psychometric properties of its original version. Methodology: The original factor structure was validated using confirmatory factor analysis through structural equation modeling and maximum likelihood estimation. A total of 300 students were randomly selected from a total sample of 1,400 Portuguese university students. Results: The confirmatory factor analysis revealed a fit 6-item one-factor model. Conclusion: The QGBEP-R has good psychometric properties and is valid for use in Portuguese university students.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; COLLEGE students; STATISTICAL correlation; EXPERIMENTAL design; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; WELL-being; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Revista de Enfermagem Referência, 2018, Vol 4, Issue 18, p9
- ISSN
0874-0283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12707/RIV18001