Analysis of Psychological Well-Being from a Compositional Data Analysis Perspective: A New Approach

Autor: María Cortés-Rodríguez, Purificación Galindo-Villardón, Mercedes Sánchez-Barba, Eusebi Jarauta-Bragulat, José David Urchaga-Litago
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Behavioral Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 11, p 926 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 13110926
2076-328X
DOI: 10.3390/bs13110926
Popis: Well-being is a widely studied construct in psychology. In 1989, Carol Ryff proposed the “Scale of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB)”, which has been validated in multiple languages. The instrument assesses six dimensions of psychological well-being: Self-acceptance, Positive Relationships with Others, Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Purpose in Life, and Personal Growth. In this article, we propose to enrich the traditional approach of directly interpreting the raw scores in each dimension by incorporating Compositional Data Analysis. This new approach aims to identify “what proportion” of each dimension constitutes well-being, which will allow us to analyze the interactions between the different dimensions of well-being and balance among them. To achieve this, we introduce two position ratios (PR1 and PR2) and a general adjustment indicator called the General Indicator of Subjective Psychological Well-Being (GISPW), which characterizes individuals in a compositional manner, providing a fresh perspective in the interpretation of psychological test results, specifically those related to PWB. The proposal is illustrated with three cases taken from a study involving 628 university students who completed the psychological well-being scale questionnaire. The results show that the GISPW, PR1, and PR2 obtained offer relevant information about the overall balance of each case in the different dimensions.
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