International Journal of Human Ecology

The Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회)
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Psychological Well-being Measurement: A Comparative Study of Korean and American Adults

  • An Jeong-shin (Center for Family Policy & Research, University of Missouri-Columbia) ;
  • Lambert Michael C. (Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia) ;
  • Han Gyoung-hae (Dept. of Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National Univ.) ;
  • Cha Seung-eun (Dept. of Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National Univ.)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

Ryff's(1989) psychological well-being measure is used to assess and sometimes compare Korean and American adults, however, there is no information regarding whether its dimensions are psychometrically invariant across, whether its items provide sufficient information for, and whether each item measures identical trait levels in, the two nations. Confirmatory factor analysis on response 1,696 Korean and 3,669 American adults, gave to the measure revealed lack of fit and absence of factorial invariance across the two nations. Item response theory revealed significant variance for items on each factor across two countries that most items yielded limited psychometric information. And that each item measure different trait levels, suggesting that in its present form, the measure might lead to misleading results for, and across the two nations.

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