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SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages 171-188Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-4098-6
Keywords
environmental mastery; psychological well-being inventory; factorial validity; confirmatory factor analysis
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The Psychological well being Inventory (PWBI) is a multidimensional instrument that has enjoyed widespread use in a variety of research initiatives, from small-scale studies to national surveys. Recent empirical investigation of the measure has raised questions about its validity. This study examines the factorial validity of the Environmental Mastery Scale of the PWBI, a construct that receives much attention in mental health research. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis did not support the unidimensional factor structure of the measure. Correlated uniqueness models were also examined, which did not reveal evidence of a method effect. There are problems with the measure at the item level, which also raises significant questions about the underlying theory of its parent measure.
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