Psychometric properties of school well-being scale
Subject Areas :fatemeh salati, 1 , javad kavousian 2 , mehdi arab zadeh, 3
1 - M.A. Student in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: School condition", "School relationships", "Self-fulfillment, " ."Health status,
Abstract :
The aim of This paper was to study the psychometric properties of the school well-being scale.The research method was descriptive correlational the statistical population consisted of all students of Governmental high schools of Karaj in the academic year of 96-97 students randomly multistage selected 330 students (170 girls and 160 boys) and completed the school well-being questionnaire (Konu, Alanen, Lintonen & Rimpela, 2002). Data analysis was performed using confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha and sequential teta. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirm that the structure of the scale has an acceptable fit with the data. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) varied from 0/69 to 0/86 and (sequential teta) varied from 0/61 to 0/88, indicating the appropriate instrumental reliability .The validity of the criterion (concurrent) showed that the sub-scales has acceptable. The results confirmed that the school well-being scale has a good validity and reliability in the Iranian community and can be used for future educational educators
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