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Measuring psychological well-being — insights from Thai elders
Author(s)	Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Chanpen Saengtienchai, Jiraporn Kespichayawattana
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 44, no 5, October 2004
Pages	pp 596-604
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Well being ; Qualitative Studies ; Quantitative studies ; Thailand.
Annotation	Psychological well-being, an important indicator of successful ageing, may be conceptualised quite differently across cultures. The authors used a mixed method approach to develop a measure of psychological well-being based on the indigenous expertise of Thai elders. Data were collected from older people in Thailand in four stages with staggered qualitative and quantitative methods: 67 individual and focus group interviews; a preliminary survey of 477; 30 cognitive interviews; and a second survey (n=460). The resulting psychological well-being items were analysed to identify their underlying factor structure and psychometric properties. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that psychological well-being has two components: intrapersonal and interpersonal. The subscales for this measure have adequate reliability and validity. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050412207 A
Classmark	D:F:5HH: 3DP: 3DQ: 7HG
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