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      Adaptation of the Beliefs about Well-Being Scale to the Spanish population Translated title: Adaptación de la Escala de Creencias sobre el Bienestar a la población española

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          Abstract The study of happiness and well-being is receiving increased attention in different fields. Recent research into well-being has focused on delving deeper into the individual’s conception about the experience of well-being. McMahan and Estes (2011a) created a scale that assesses lay conceptions of well-being based on four dimensions: the experience of pleasure, avoidance of negative experience, self-development and contribution to others. The goal of this study was to adapt this scale, the Beliefs about Well-Being Scale (BWBS), to the Spanish population. The sample consisted of 1,024 participants from the general population ranging in age interval from 17 to 87 years old. The confirmatory factorial analysis results in a structure of four dimensions, similar to the original scale, although in the adaptation of the scale the items decrease from 16 to 12. The results of the reliability analysis reveal indexes similar to those of the original scale. These results confirm the validity of Beliefs about Well-Being Scale with general population in a cultural context different from the original study. This will allow cross-cultural studies to analyze the influence of culture in the perception of well-being.

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          Resumen El estudio de la felicidad y el bienestar está recibiendo cada vez más atención en diferentes campos. Las investigaciones recientes sobre el bienestar se han centrado en profundizar en la concepción del individuo sobre la experiencia del bienestar. McMahan y Estes (2011a) crearon una escala que evalúa las concepciones legas del bienestar en base a cuatro dimensiones: la experiencia de placer, la evitación de la experiencia negativa, el autodesarrollo y la contribución a los demás. El objetivo de este estudio fue adaptar esta escala, Beliefs about Well-Being Scale (BWBS), a la población española. La muestra estuvo formada por 1.024 participantes de la población general con un intervalo de edad entre 17 y 87 años. El análisis factorial confirmatorio da como resultado una estructura de cuatro dimensiones, similar a la escala original, aunque en la adaptación de la escala los ítems disminuyen de 16 a 12. Los resultados del análisis de fiabilidad revelan índices similares a los de la escala original. Estos resultados confirman la validez de la Escala de Creencias sobre el Bienestar con población general en un contexto cultural diferente al del estudio original. Esto permitirá realizar estudios transculturales para analizar la influencia de la cultura en la percepción del bienestar.

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                Anales de Psicología
                Anal. Psicol.
                Universidad de Murcia (Murcia, Murcia, Spain )
                0212-9728
                1695-2294
                September 2021
                : 37
                : 2
                : 233-242
                Affiliations
                [1] Andalucía orgnameUniversidad de Málaga orgdiv1Facultad de Psicología orgdiv2Departamento de Psicología Social, Trabajo Social, Antropología Social, y Estudios de Asia Oriental Spain
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                S0212-97282021000200005 S0212-9728(21)03700200005
                10.6018/analesps.37.2.336241
                cbb95133-9e4f-4a9a-b450-a040fb39e6f7

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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                : 02 July 2018
                : 17 February 2020
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                Categories
                Clinical and Health Psychology

                Hedonismo,Hedonism,Eudaimonia,Happiness,Well-being,Felicidad,Bienestar

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