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Direct linkTomyn, Adrian J.; Tyszkiewicz, Matthew D. Fuller; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Despite the wealth of accumulated research evaluating subjective wellbeing (SWB) in children and adults, the validity of scores from parallel forms of SWB measures for each age group has yet to be empirically tested. This study examines the psychometric equivalence of the child and adult forms of the personal wellbeing index (PWI) using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Adults, Adolescents
Tomyn, Adrian J.; Norrish, Jacolyn M.; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2013
By almost all measures of objective life quality, Indigenous Australians are disadvantaged relative to the general population. However, no measures of their Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) have been published. This paper presents the first such data, norm-referenced to the general Australian population. A total of 519 Indigenous adolescents, aged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Indigenous Populations
Blore, Jed D.; Stokes, Mark A.; Mellor, David; Firth, Lucy; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) literature is replete with competing theories detailing the mechanisms underlying the construction and maintenance of SWB. The current study aimed to compare and contrast two of these approaches: multiple discrepancies theory (MDT) and an affective-cognitive theory of SWB. MDT posits SWB to be the result of perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Personality Traits, Goodness of Fit
Tomyn, Adrian J.; Cummins, Robert A. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children (PWI-SC) is designed as a parallel form of the adult PWI-A, to measure subjective wellbeing. This study examines the psychometric properties of the PWI-SC. Data from 351 students, aged between 12 and 20 years, were collected by two independent studies over the years 2005-2006. Using the combined data,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Educational Policy, High School Students, Test Validity
