Well-Being Assessment: An Evaluation of Well-Being Scales for Public Health and Population Estimates of Well-Being among US Adults
Well-Being Assessment: An Evaluation of Well-Being Scales for Public Health and Population Estimates of Well-Being among US Adults
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1758-0854.2010.01035.x
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发表时间：
2010-11-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Burns, Adam
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作者：
Kobau, Rosemarie;Sniezek, Joseph;Burns, Adam
2008年，美国疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）支持对一些可能用于公共卫生监测系统的幸福量表进行测试。本研究的目的是检查量表的描述性和心理测量学特性（即生活满意度，生活意义，积极和消极的影响，自主性，能力和相关性，以及全球和特定领域的生活满意度），并使用分层分析检查社区居住的美国成年人（N = 5，399）的代表性样本的幸福水平分布。量表表现出可接受的心理测量特性。回答呈负向倾斜，大多数受访者报告主观幸福感水平略高。除自主性、能力和相关性量表外，所有量表在社会人口统计学亚组中均表现出良好的变异性。年龄较大、受教育程度较高和收入较高与主观幸福感水平较高有关。大多数检查量表和相关项目值得考虑继续测试在公共卫生监测中使用的电话调查。
In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supported testing of a number of well-being scales for potential use on public health surveillance systems. The purpose of this study was to examine the descriptive and psychometric properties of the scales (i.e. Satisfaction with Life, Meaning in Life, Positive and Negative Affect, Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness, and global and domain-specific life satisfaction) and to examine the distribution of well-being levels in a representative sample of community-dwelling US adults (N = 5,399) using a stratified analysis. The scales demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties. Responses were negatively skewed, with most respondents reporting mildly positive levels of subjective well-being. With the exception of autonomy, competence, and relatedness scales, all scales demonstrated good variability across socio-demographic subgroups. Older age and higher levels of education, and income, were associated with higher levels of subjective well-being. Most of the examined scales and related items merit consideration for continued testing in telephone surveys used in public health surveillance.