1- MA in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh. Iran.
2- MA in School Counseling, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
3- PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. , sajjadsaadat69@gmail.com
Abstract: (787 Views)
This study aimed to translate and validate the Persian version of the Multidimensional Wellbeing in Youth Scale (MWYS) for a sample of Iranian adolescents. This descriptive-evaluative study translated and validated the Farsi version of the Multidimensional Wellbeing in Youth Scale (MWYS) in a sample of Iranian adolescents. The study population consisted of all adolescents aged 12-18 years living in Qom, Iran, in 2022-23, of whom 300 adolescents were selected as the sample through convenience sampling. To examine the test-retest reliability of MWYS, 50 participants were randomly selected to fill out this scale twice at an interval of two weeks. The Multidimensional Wellbeing in Youth Scale (MWYS, Green et al., 2023), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS, Diener et al., 1985), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS, Cohen et al., 1983) were used in this study. The obtained data were statistically analyzed in SPSS and AMOS. Results showed the favorable test-retest reliability (0.77) and internal consistency (0.73) of MWYS, according to Cronbach’s alpha. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) also demonstrated that the five-factor measurement model was well fitted to the data after removing items 13, 14, 18, 30, and 33 (RMSEA=0.04, CFI=0.91, X2/df=2.76). Also, the results showed that MWYS has favorable convergent and divergent validity. Since MWYS exhibited acceptable validity and reliability in a sample of Iranian adolescents, it is recommended to be used for measuring the well-being of Iranian adolescents.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Psychometric Received: 2023/06/19 | Accepted: 2023/08/6 | ePublished: 2023/11/1