Development and Initial Validation of a General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African Context

Itumeleng P. Khumalo; Q. Michael Temane; Marié P. Wissing

doi:10.1080/14330237.2010.10820338

Development and Initial Validation of a General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African Context

Itumeleng P. Khumalo, Q. Michael Temane, Marié P. Wissing

North West University

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This study aimed to develop and validate the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African sample, based on the empirical overlap between hedonic and eudaimonic facets of well-being as found in previous research. The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in three phases: secondary data analysis (n = 2005), pilot study (n = 296) and main study (n = 459). The pilot and main study included the GPWS as well as other psychological well-being measures for criterion-related validity. The pilot study yielded satisfactory psychometric properties. The main study yielded a high, reliable Cronbach alpha of.89 and evidence of construct validity. The GPWS appears to be a unidimensional scale suitable for research use with Setswana-speaking people.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-22
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psychology in Africa
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2010.10820338
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

African context
General Psychological Well-being Scale
GPWS
Psychological well-being
Psychometric properties
Reliability
Scale development
Validity

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General Psychology

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