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Conceptualising and Measuring Adolescents’ Hedonic and Eudemonic Wellbeing: Discriminant Validity and Dimensionality Concerns

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  • Devi Khanna

    (University of Manchester)

  • Louise Black

    (University of Manchester)

  • Margarita Panayiotou

    (University of Manchester)

  • Neil Humphrey

    (University of Manchester)

  • Ola Demkowicz

    (University of Manchester)

Abstract

There is a gap between the theoretical assumptions of wellbeing and its associated empirical constructs. Three measurement models (a correlated factors model, a second-order two-factor model, and a bifactor model) were analysed using a large sample of English adolescents (n = 37, 630) to test whether the theoretical separation between hedonic and eudemonic wellbeing is empirically supported, and whether there is the possibility of essential unidimensionality. Evidence of a general factor of wellbeing was found in the bifactor model, challenging the de-facto distinction often made between hedonic and eudemonic wellbeing.

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  • Devi Khanna & Louise Black & Margarita Panayiotou & Neil Humphrey & Ola Demkowicz, 2024. "Conceptualising and Measuring Adolescents’ Hedonic and Eudemonic Wellbeing: Discriminant Validity and Dimensionality Concerns," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(2), pages 551-579, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:17:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s12187-024-10106-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-024-10106-9
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