Validation of the Scales of Well-being of Flourishing and Feelings

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Objective. The present study analyzes, the psychometric properties of the Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings scales proposed by Diener et al. (2010) to evaluate wellbeing. Two Studies were carried out with this purpose. Method. The fi rst study, of 656 university, students analyzed the reliability and factorial structure of the scales. The second, of 201 university students, calculated the convergent and divergent validity of the scales with other measures of wellbeing, and carried out a confi rmatory factorial analysis. Results. The results of both studies showed adequate psychometric properties in the three scales. The reliability was 0.89 1 Investigación realizada como parte de los proyectos del Grupo de Investigación Psicología, Salud y Universidad (G-PSU) de la Pontifi cia Universidad Católica del Perú. 2 Magíster en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Profesora asociada del Departamento de Psicología de la Pontifi cia Universidad Católica del Perú. Correo de correspondencia: mcassar@pucp.edu.pe 3 Doctora en Psicología MÓNICA CASSARETTO BARDALES Y PATRICIA MARTÍNEZ URIBE 20 for fl ourishing and 0.91 and 0.87 for positive and negative experience coeffi cients respectively. The variance in the exploratory factorial analysis was 52.82% 69.49% and 61.56% for the three scales. The correlation between the Flourishing and Positive Affections scales was positive and signifi cant with Optimism (LOT-R), Positive Affection of the PAPAS, Satisfaction With Life (SWLS) and Wellbeing (Bieps-A), and negative and signifi cant with Negative Affection. Conclusion. The confi rmatory factorial analyses showed adequate indexes for Flourishing and for Affectivity. These results confi rm the validity and usefulness of these scales in the wellbeing assessment for a Hispanic population.