The Subjective Wellbeing of High-School Students: Validating the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children

Adrian J Tomyn; Robert A Cummins

doi:10.1007/s11205-010-9668-6

The Subjective Wellbeing of High-School Students: Validating the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children

Adrian J Tomyn, Robert A Cummins

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Abstract

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, the results indicate good psychometric properties for the PWI-SC. It is also found that females have higher SWB but that both genders show an age-related decline in SWB from early to mid adolescence. Notably, School satisfaction meets the criteria for a new domain for the PWI-SC and should be considered for inclusion in a future revision of the scale. The use of the PWI-SC in schools can provide important information for the development of educational policy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	405-418
Number of pages	14
Journal	Social Indicators Research
Volume	101
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9668-6
Publication status	Published - May 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescents
High-school
Personal Wellbeing Index
Students
Subjective wellbeing

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