Dana OPRE1, Sebastian PINTEA2, Adrian OPRE3, Mircea BERTEA4
danaopre@psychology.ro
¹ Department of Psychology, Babes Bolyai University, Republicii, 37, Cluj-Napoca, 400015, phone +40-264-590967, fax +40-264-590559, Romania,
danaopre@psychology.ro, corresponding author
² Department of Psychology, Babes Bolyai University, Republicii, 37, Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania, sebastianpintea@psychology.ro
³ Department of Psychology, Babes Bolyai University, Republicii, 37, Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania, adrianopre@psychology.ro
4 National Association of Pedagogical Colleges and High Schools from Romania, Alexandru Vaida Voevod 55, Cluj-Napoca, 400436, Romania,bertea_mircea@yahoo.com
Abstract
The present study examined the validity of a newly developed instrument, the Adolescence School Subjective Well- Being Scale (ASSWBS). The scale assesses seven dimensions of the students’ subjective well-being (Identification with school, Learning and personal development, Safety, Relationship with colleagues, Relationship with teachers, Emotional wellbeing, Relationship with family). The seven factor model was supported using exploratory factor analysis (n = 2252). Our instrument proved to have good psychometric properties such as internal consistency, convergent validity, criterion validity and concurrent validity. These analyses provide support for the use of the instrument as a valid assessment of adolescents’ subjective well-being in the educational context with relevance for both practice and future research.
Keywords: subjective well-being, adolescence, educational context, scale validation
Doi: 10.24193/jebp.2018.2.20
Published online: 2018/09/01
Published print: 2018/09/01
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