Psychometric properties of the 42-item version of Ryff’s Psychological Well-being scale among working women in Malaysia
2020,
Nur Salimah Alias,
Intan Hashimah Mohd Hashim,
Mohd Haizzan Yahaya
The purpose of this study was to explore factor structure of Ryff’s Psychological Well-being
Scale. The scale was administered to 500 women employees from Malaysia’s public
universities. The 42-items of Psychological Well-being scale with six subscales namely: Selfacceptance, Environmental mastery, Positive relations with others, Autonomy, Personal
growth, and Purpose in life. Results from principal factor analysis with Promax rotation with
scree plot extracted 4 factors which contributed 53.70 per cent cumulative variance and
produced loading between 0.346 to 0.924. However, the 4-factor produced in the analysis
did not stand in any factors proposed by Ryff’s, thus it yield new unidentified 4 factors.
Further analysis was recommended to confirm the psychometric properties from the study.
