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Factor Structure of the French Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales for Active Older Adults

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In France, Ryff’s scales of psychological well-being (SPWB)have not yet been used for older people. This article aims to provide preliminary information on psychometric properties of the 84-item version of the questionnaire in France. A sample of 426 older active adults completed the questionnaire. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency and the factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing both exploratory and confirmatory analyses. Using the shortened version of the instrument, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient ranged from.72 to.88. Exploratory factor analysis indicated five factors. Therefore, five not six factors have been well loaded composing 20 items. Many models were compared by the confirmatory factor analysis. The results showed that indeed five out the six dimensions overlapped considerably for older French people.

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Acknowledgment

The first author thanks Prof. Dirk, van Dierendonck, RSM Erasmus University, Netherlands, for his permanent help, Prof. Sylvie Lapierre for her permission to use the French version established for Canadian adults and Charles Roncin for his cooperation in the early version.

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  1. Psychology Department, European University of Brittany, Rennes, France

    Mareï Salama-Younes

  2. Sport Psychology Department, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt

    Mareï Salama-Younes

  3. Laboratory of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Rennes II University, Rennes, France

    Amany Ismaïl & Charles Roncin

  4. Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Montazeri

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Salama-Younes, M., Ismaïl, A., Montazeri, A., Roncin, C. (2011). Factor Structure of the French Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales for Active Older Adults. In: Brdar, I. (eds) The Human Pursuit of Well-Being. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1375-8_17

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