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Subjective Well-Being in Spanish Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences

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  • Vicente Prado-Gascó

    (Social Psychology Department, Universitat de València, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Virginia Romero-Reignier

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, European University of Valencia, C/ General Elio, nº 8, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Patricia Mesa-Gresa

    (Psychobiology Department, Universitat de València, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Ana Belén Górriz

    (Developmental, Educational, Social and Methodological Psychology Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Avda. Sos Baynat, s/n, 12071 Castellón, Spain)

Abstract

The scale of positive and negative experiences (SPANE) assesses emotional responses and their frequency of manifestation in recent weeks. This scale has been validated in different countries and populations but not in Spanish adolescents. The aim was to evaluate the psychometric properties of SPANE in two samples: (1) Sample I included 797 adolescents (M = 15.5 years old, SD = 0.68, 54.2% female) and, (2) Sample II included 1433 adolescents (M = 13.7 years old, SD = 1.27, 53.2% female). Finally, a subsample from sample II was analyzed in different stages (after six and 12 months) with 298 adolescents (M = 13.7 years old, SD = 1.13, 58.7% female). The results obtained have adequate levels of reliability and validity that seem to justify the use of this diagnostic tool in the Spanish adolescent population.

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  • Vicente Prado-Gascó & Virginia Romero-Reignier & Patricia Mesa-Gresa & Ana Belén Górriz, 2020. "Subjective Well-Being in Spanish Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-16, May.
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