The sample consists of adolescents from age 14 to 16. Some of the items seem inappropriate to me by the face value. Does anyone know if it has been used in any credible studies? I'd also appreciate if anyone knows about the adopted versions of it for this age range.
The adolescence period, which spans ages 11 to 21, is divided into early adolescence( 11 to 14), middle adolescence(15 to 18), and late adolescence or youth from about ages 19 to 21 (Benzur, 2003). Different researchers found different results regarding the relationship between PWB and age. The original validation sample (Ryff, 1989) compared young (18-29 years old), midlife (30-64 years old), and old-aged (65 years old or older) adults. The result found that, incremental age profiles for environmental mastery and autonomy (particularly from midlife to old age), decremental age profiles for purpose in life and personal growth (particularly from midlife to old age), and no age differences for self-acceptance and positive relations with others.In other study on college students with a large sample data found that all 6 Rryff psychological well-being scales have a potential role on adolescents and youths academic life (Belay and Girum,2017). Therefore this instrument is best fit with adolescence !!!
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Ryff herself has written an overview of the uses of her scale. I would refer you to this. Also, a couple of times I had questions about her scales, I asked her the questions and she answered asap. So, you can also try this:
Ryff, C.D. (2014). Psychological well-being revisited: Advances in the science and practice of eudaimonia. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 83, 10-28.
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