The Checking of the Factorial Structure for Measuring Psychological Well-being Using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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Bouzidi Attia Issam , Benlokrichi Nourdine

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This study aimed to validate the hexagonal factorial structure of the Psychological Well-being Scale (Massé et al,1998) using a sample of teachers from educational institutions in Djelfa Province, Algeria. The results from the first phase, using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), showed that the scale retained 23 out of 25 items, distributed across five dimensions: self-control and events, happiness, self-esteem, mental balance, and positive relationships with others. These five dimensions were validated in the second phase using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The final results indicated that the psychological well-being factorial model exhibited excellent fit indices: RMSEA=0.046, CFI=0.945, and ECVI=1.209 (lower than the saturated model value of 1.243).Consequently, the new factorial model of psychological well-being was accepted.

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