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EMPIRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PAST IN ASSESSING MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELL‐BEING
Author(s) -
Myers Nicholas D.,
Prilleltensky Isaac,
Jin Ying,
Dietz Samantha,
Rubenstein Carolyn L.,
Prilleltensky Ora,
McMahon Adam
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21653
Subject(s) - perception , psychology , scale (ratio) , interpersonal communication , empirical research , social psychology , structural equation modeling , interpersonal relationship , applied psychology , mathematics , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The purpose of this brief report was to provide a preliminary evaluation of the empirical contributions of an individual's perceptions of the past in the practical assessment of multidimensional well‐being. Dimensions of well‐being assessed with the I COPPE Scale were interpersonal, community, occupational, physical, psychological, economic, and overall. Four hundred twenty‐six participants provided responses to the I COPPE Scale and several comparison instruments. Two practical methods for creating I COPPE composite scores were compared and differed by only the inclusion (i.e., Method 1) or exclusion (i.e., Method 2) of an indicator of past well‐being. Multiple‐group structural equation modeling framework was used and method (i.e., Method 1 and Method 2) was the grouping variable. An individual's perceptions of the past offered negligible empirical contributions over and above an individual's perceptions of the present and future in the practical assessment of multidimensional well‐being. Method 2 performed as well as Method 1.