Well-Being in the Batswana Cultural Context: Constructs and Measures

作者：Khumalo Itumeleng P^*; Temane Q Michael; Wissing Marie P

来源：Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2011, 21(2): 277-285.

• psychological well-being
• mental health
• african context
• measurement
• comparison

The study investigated wellbeing in a Setswana-speaking sample. Participants (n=459, males =141 females =318; 22% = aged between 30 and 40 years) completed the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS: Khumalo, Temane & Wissing, 2010) and the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form (MHC-SF: Keyes, 2005b). Data were analyzed applying classical test theory (CTT), structural equation modelling (SEM; measurement model) and item response theory (IRT; Rasch model). Both GPWS and MHC-SF measures yielded a multidimensional wellbeing factor structures indicative of a hedonic-eudaimonic wellbeing overlap. Further qualitative research could explore the cultural contextual meanings of wellbeing in Setswana culture.

• 出版日期2011
• 单位西北大学