Validation of the Scales of Well-being of Flourishing and Feelings

Abstract

Objective.
The present study analyzes, the psychometric properties of the Flourishing and Positive and
Negative Feelings scales proposed by Diener et al. (2010) to evaluate wellbeing. Two Studies were carried
out with this purpose.
Method.
The
fi
rst study, of 656 university, students analyzed the reliability and factorial
structure of the scales. The second, of 201 university students, calculated the convergent and divergent validity
of the scales with other measures of wellbeing, and carried out a con
fi
rmatory factorial analysis.
Results.
The
results of both studies showed adequate psychometric properties in the three scales. The reliability was 0.89
or
fl
ourishing and 0.91 and 0.87 for positive and negative experience coef
fi
cients respectively. The variance
in the exploratory factorial analysis was 52.82% 69.49% and 61.56% for the three scales. The correlation
between the Flourishing and Positive Affections scales was positive and signi
fi
cant with Optimism (LOT-R),
Positive Affection of the PAPAS, Satisfaction With Life (SWLS) and Wellbeing (Bieps-A), and negative and
signi
fi
cant with Negative Affection.
Conclusion.
The con
fi
rmatory factorial analyses showed adequate indexes
for Flourishing and for Affectivity. These results con
fi
rm the validity and usefulness of these scales in the
wellbeing assessment for a Hispanic population.