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Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) in Chilean School Children

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  • Jaime Alfaro

    (Universidad del Desarrollo)

  • Javier Guzmán

    (Universidad del Desarrollo)

  • Catalina García

    (Universidad del Desarrollo)

  • David Sirlopú

    (Universidad del Desarrollo)

  • Fernando Reyes

    (Universidad del Desarrollo)

  • Jorge Varela

    (Universidad del Desarrollo)

Abstract

Child and adolescent measures of the quality of life or subjective well-being are scarce in Latin American countries. Chile is no exception to this situation that represents a gap in the literature for South American countries research. Thus, the aim was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Personal Well-being Index for School Children (PWI-SC) of Cummins et al. Social Indicators Research, 64(2), 159–190, (2003) in a sample of Chilean school children. We use a sample of 1096 pupils between 10 and 12 years old (M = 11.03; SD = 0.89) and residents of three major Chilean cities. Results of Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis provided evidence for only one single factor solution. Moreover, an acceptable level of internal reliability was observed (α = 0.77). The discussion of results considers other internationals applications of PWI-SC.

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  • Jaime Alfaro & Javier Guzmán & Catalina García & David Sirlopú & Fernando Reyes & Jorge Varela, 2016. "Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) in Chilean School Children," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 9(3), pages 731-742, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:9:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s12187-015-9342-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-015-9342-2
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