Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being
Background: This paper describes the validation of the Positive Functioning Inventory (PFI-12). This is a 12-item self-report tool developed to assess a spectrum of functioning ranging from states of mental distress to states of well-being. Method: Two samples (Sample 1: N = 242, mean age = 20 year...
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| description | Background: This paper describes the validation of the Positive Functioning Inventory (PFI-12). This is a 12-item self-report tool developed to assess a spectrum of functioning ranging from states of mental distress to states of well-being.
Method: Two samples (Sample 1: N = 242, mean age = 20 years. Sample 2: N = 301, mean age = 20 years) completed self-report measures of personality and social, physical and psychological functioning.
Results: Evidence is provided for internal-consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, incremental validity, and convergent and discriminant validity in relation to a number of other measures of personality, social, physical and psychological functioning.
Conclusion: The tool promises to be useful to practitioners and researchers who wish to assess positive psychological functioning. |
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| spelling | nottingham-317802020-05-04T16:54:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31780/ Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being Joseph, Stephen Maltby, John Background: This paper describes the validation of the Positive Functioning Inventory (PFI-12). This is a 12-item self-report tool developed to assess a spectrum of functioning ranging from states of mental distress to states of well-being. Method: Two samples (Sample 1: N = 242, mean age = 20 years. Sample 2: N = 301, mean age = 20 years) completed self-report measures of personality and social, physical and psychological functioning. Results: Evidence is provided for internal-consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, incremental validity, and convergent and discriminant validity in relation to a number of other measures of personality, social, physical and psychological functioning. Conclusion: The tool promises to be useful to practitioners and researchers who wish to assess positive psychological functioning. SpringerOpen 2014-09-05 Article PeerReviewed Joseph, Stephen and Maltby, John (2014) Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being. Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice, 4 (15). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2211-1522 http://psywb.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13612-014-0015-6 doi:10.1186/s13612-014-0015-6 doi:10.1186/s13612-014-0015-6 |
| spellingShingle | Joseph, Stephen Maltby, John Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being |
| title | Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a
12-item self-report measure of well-being |
| title_full | Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a
12-item self-report measure of well-being |
| title_fullStr | Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a
12-item self-report measure of well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a
12-item self-report measure of well-being |
| title_short | Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a
12-item self-report measure of well-being |
| title_sort | positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a
12-item self-report measure of well-being |
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