Evaluation of the inner wellbeing model in Zambia.
Evaluation of the inner wellbeing model in Zambia.
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10.1186/s13612-014-0016-5
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2014
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Gaines SO Jr
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Gaines SO Jr
福祉和贫困路径项目组成员最近发表的一篇论文的结果表明，经济信心、机构/参与、社会关系、亲密关系、身心健康、能力/自我价值和价值观/意义作为内在幸福感维度的七个领域、相互关联的因素模型在印度农村大样本个人中产生了最佳契合度(与单因素模型相比)。本研究的目的是确定该模型是否也在赞比亚农村地区同样大样本的个体中提供了最佳的适合度。对344名个体(140名男性，204名女性)进行了一项由35个项目组成的调查，分别测量了七个领域的内部幸福感(每个领域5个项目)。验证性因素分析的结果表明，七因素相关模型不仅本身是可接受的，而且其拟合优度也明显好于单因素模型。此外，在35个条目中，有34个条目在其假设因素上具有显著的正向负荷。总体而言，本论文的结果--结合福祉和贫困路径项目小组成员最近发表的论文的结果--表明，七因素相互关联的模型可以在印度和赞比亚推广。讨论了对发展中国家(以及国外)福祉研究的影响。
Results of a recently published paper from members of the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways Project team indicated that a seven-domain, intercorrelated-factor model of economic confidence, agency/participation, social connections, close relationships, physical/mental health, competence/self-worth, and values/meaning as dimensions of inner wellbeing yielded optimal goodness-of-fit (compared to a single-factor model) among a large sample of individuals in rural India. The goal of the present study was to determine whether this model also provided optimal goodness-of-fit among a similarly large sample of individuals in rural Zambia. A 35-item survey measuring each of the seven domains of inner wellbeing (5 items per domain) was administered to 344 individuals (140 men, 204 women). Results of confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the seven-factor intercorrelated model not only was acceptable in itself but also yielded significantly better goodness-of-fit than did a one-factor model. Furthermore, 34 of the 35 items loaded significantly and positively on their hypothesised factors. Overall, results from the present paper – combined with results from the recently published paper by members of the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways Project team – indicate that the seven-factor intercorrelated model can be generalised across India and Zambia. Implications for studies of wellbeing within (as well as outside) developing nations are discussed.