Psychometric properties of the Ryff,s scales psychological well-being among of firefighting employees

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Hamid Ali Houmani ¹ ( Assistant Professor. Islamic Azad University. Tehran Center Branch. Tehran, Iran. )
Shirin Koshki ² ( Assistant Professor. Islamic Azad University. Tehran Center Branch. Tehran, Iran. )
Arezo Saemian ³ ( M.A of Assessment and Measurement. Islamic Azad University. Tehran Center Branch. Tehran, Iran. )

Received: 2014-01-13 Accepted : 2014-05-26 Published : 2014-08-23

Keywords: Reliability, Validity, Job Burnout, Ryff, s scales psychological well-being,

Abstract :

        This study psychometric properties of the Ryff,s scales psychological well-being and relationship with job Burnout Inventory among  of  Firefighting employees. For this purpose, among all Firefighting employees in Tehran, the number of 427 participants  were selected by accidental sampling method. Ryff,s scales psychological well-being which is made of 71 items, was administrated on the sample. Because of the negative and weak correlation with total score and weak factor loading, one items were omitted. The reliability coefficient of Cronbach’s α for 70 item was 0.895. Using the principle component analysis and oblimin rotation, six factors extracted which explain 43.12 percent of the total variance of variables.These six factors include self acceptance, positive relation with others, envoironmental mastry, purpose in life, autonomy, personal growth. For concurrent validity, the correlation between the Ryff,s scales psychological well-being and job Burnout Inventory(Maslach)was calculated. Correlation between Ryff,s scales psychological well-being factors with job Burnout Inventory(Maslach)was statistically significant.