Emotional and psychological well-being in Indonesian adolescents: Translation and construct validation of the Stirling Children’s Well-being Scale in a college student sample

Abstract

The present study aimed to culturally adapt the Stirling Children’s Well-being Scale (SCWBS) for use in Indonesia with college student and to assess their psychometric properties in this population. This study investigated the dimensions, particularly the nature and number, of the Indonesian version of the SCWBS. Three hundred seventy-five Indonesian college students were recruited through WhatsApp. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on two subsamples, which were randomly divided using IBM SPSS, and the reliability of the SCWBS was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. An exploratory factor analysis extracted two dimensions, which explained 58.24% of the total variance. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the two-factor measurement model of the scale, along with one second-order factor. These were found to have good model fit. The final 10-item SCWBS had high reliability and acceptable construct validity. Therefore, the scale was found to have adequate psychometric properties and to be applicable in research and practice. For further refinement, the Indonesian version of the SCWBS should be tested in a wider age range and in various subgroups, for example, to analyze socioeconomic status. Furthermore, it is necessary to assess other construct validity, such as criterion validity.

Keywords

• Emotional well-being
• psychological well-being
• exploratory factor analysis
• confirmatory factor analysis