Scale for assessing the psychological well-being of students: verification and validation

Abstract

This article presents a theoretical review of models of the psychological well-being of an individual, as well as the main tools for measuring it. On the basis of theoretical analysis and empirical studies of the team of authors, a structural-functional model of the psychological well-being of students has been developed. The results of a statistical analysis of the “Scale of psychological well-being of students” created on its basis (Anna Samokhvalova, Elena Tikhomirova, Natalia Shipova, Oksana Vishnevskaya, 2022) are presented. The article presents the results of testing the methodology for reliability and validity, as well as data on the correlations of its subscales with the scales of the psychological well-being methodology by Carol Ryff. The article also presents instructions and empirical norms of the methodology. The data of the psychometric test of the methodology “Scale of psychological well-being of students” presented in the article testify to the differentiated assessment by subscales of the methodology of the declared construct. The authors indicate that the technique can be used in further research to determine the psychological well-being of students. Its results may be useful for developing targeted methods of providing psychological assistance; as well as in the practical work of consultant psychologists.

Methods for Assessing Students' Psychological Well-Being: Verification and Validation / Ուսանողների Հոգեբանական Բարեկեցության Գնահատման Մեթոդիկա՝ Ստուգում Եւ Վավերացում

“…The presented questionnaire is a tool for a comprehensive assessment of the psychological well-being of students and is called the "Scale of psychological well-being of students [14]. It consists of 25 items, presupposing the respondent's assessment of the degree of agreement or disagreement with them.…”

“…Bradburn's ideas were further developed in the works of E. Diener. In the theories of Bradburn and Dinner, the emphasis is mainly put on the emotional component of well-being, on the ratio of positive and negative affects [1,8,14]. At the same time, a number of scientists consider psychological well-being in the context of positive functioning of the individual.…”

“…Based on the concept that social wellbeing plays an important role in the structure of psychological well-being, and on the other hand, in different age groups social wellbeing can differ in terms of determinants due to age characteristics, it is necessary to create a method of diagnosing psychological wellbeing for individual groups, and in particular, for students. In this connection, A. G. Samokhvalova, E. V. Tikhomirova, N. S. Shipova, O. N. Vishnevskaja created the method of the "Scales of Psychological Wellbeing of Students" [14], which required a further validation program, verification and adaptation of the test. The method for diagnosing psychological well-being created by the above-mentioned authors within the framework of a joint scientific project to study the peculiarities of student psychological well-being was tested on Armenian students in various universities, and therefore we carried out a diagnosis of psychological well-being according to this test on Armenian students from various universities.…”

“…The goal of this work was the validation and verification of the "Scales of Psychological Well-being of Students" [14] based on the results of the analysis of internal and external validity of both integral characteristics of psychological well-being and its individual constructs according to the test results held among Armenian students.…”

“…To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: 1. To diagnose the level and structure of psychological well-being of Armenian students according to the "Scales of Psychological Well-being of Students" [14]. 2.…”