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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.
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Well-being Factor analysis Statistical Students Education Higher
Citation
Pereira, Maria da Conceição; Antunes, Maria; Barroso, Isabel; Correia, Teresa; Brito, Irma; Monteiro; Maria João (2018). Adaptation and validation of the psychological general well-being index: confirmatory factor analysis of the short version. Revista de Enfermagem Referência. ISSN 0874-0283. IV:18, p. 9-18
Publisher
Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde - Enfermagem da Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra