Psychological well-being structure and item information of Korean adults
AUTHOR : 안정신,한경혜,차승은
INFORMATION : page. 75~93 / 2004 Vol.11 No.4
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of psychological well-being measurements which is developed by Carol Ryff (1989), for Korean adults, in terms of the structures and amounts of information. The data came from \'Exploring Successful Developmental Factors of Middle Aged\' with 1,666 Korean adults aged 30s to 60s. First, Confirmatory factor analysis suggested Ryff\'s psychological well-being models did not fit well with Korean middle aged adults. Second, item response theory analyses revealed significant variance and limited information for most items for Korean. Only ten among eighteen items provides good amounts of information for psychological well-being of Korean adults. Third, only four sub-dimensions of Ryff\'s psychological well-being works for Korean adults\' well-being structure. This study suggests that development of psychological well-being measurement including cultural characteristics of Korean adults is needed rather than using the measurement which developed for U.S. adults without checking validity.