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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Measurement invariance of personal well-being index (PWI-8) across 26 countries
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
  • Jarosław P Piotrowski
  • Jan Cieciuch
  • et al
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Happiness Studies
Publisher Springer
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1389-4978
Volume 18
Number 6
Page Range 1697 - 1711
Date 2017
Abstract Text This report examines the measurement invariance of the Personal Well-being Index with 8 items (PWI-8). University students (N = 5731) from 26 countries completed the measure either through paper and pencil or electronic mode. We examined uni-dimensional structure of PWI and performed a Multi-group CFA to assess the measurement invariance across the 26 countries, using conventional approach and the alignment procedure. The findings provide evidence of configural and partial metric invariance, as well as partial scalar invariance across samples. The findings suggest that PWI-8 can be used to examine correlates of life satisfaction across all included countries, however it is impossible to compare raw scores across countries.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s10902-016-9795-0
Other Identification Number merlin-id:14235
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