Good day! I wanted to ask for advice on how to measure Subjective Well-Being?
According to articles by Diener, Subjective Well-Being can be measured by 3 of his scales (Satsifaction with Life Scale [SWLS], Scale of Positive and Negative Experience [SPANE] and Flourishing Scale)?
I've seen previous studies combine both SWLS and SPANE, but the analysis was not explained clearly on how SWB was scored and measured. So may I know how it was scored? Do you just add their total scores and average them, or do you do any form of analysis to get a factor score (e.g. Confirmatory, Exploratory, etc.)?
I'm asking because I'm currently doing my master's thesis on SWB. Hoping for some responses. Thank you :)
Satsifaction with Life Scale [SWLS] - total scores. For example in Russian adaptation you can see it in descriptive statistics table 1, column called "ШУЖ". https://monitoringjournal.ru/index.php/monitoring/article/view/959/1023
Thank you for the response Ms. Larisa Marchuk ! :) But would it be okay if I clarify, in the Russian adaptation, was SWLS combined with SPANE? And may I ask how it was scored? Apologies because I’m not fluent in Russian :’(
Scale of Positive and Negative Experience [SPANE] - also total scores for subscales. For example see table 1 (items also in english) and 3 ("ПА"=Positive Affect, "НА"= Negative Affect) here https://publications.hse.ru/mirror/pubs/share/folder/bdmcjsxdaq/direct/71235085.pdf
Thank you for the response Dr. Larisa Marchuk ! :) Can I ask one more question... can I combine the scores of SWLS and SPANE and interpret the total score as Subjective Well-Being, or do I undergo analysis such as exploratory FA or confirmatory FA? Thank you very much for your help :D
I need to further elaborate my question: I want to measure Subjective Well-Being as a whole. I'm doing research on how certain fandom identities measure SWB, but I need an overall scale. So... is it okay if I combine items from SWLS and SPANE into one general SWB scale? If yes, do I just add all the scores and average them or... do I undergo extra analysis like Exploratory Factor Analysis or Confirmatory Factor Analysis? Thank you :)
I don't think you sould combine the scores of different scales, because they measure different aspects of SWB. But you can use all of them to compare the results. In the first article I mentioned my collegues did the same: compared the results of different inctruments of SWB mearsurement.
I see. Thank you so much Dr. Larisa Marchuk ! This helps a lot and I really appreciate it :)
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