![]() These six dimensions have all been operationalized in the Ryff scales that have been shown to exhibit convergent and discriminant validity and reliability (Ryff & Keyes, 1995). Their conceptualization of psychological well-being covers six different dimensions including self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life and personal growth. The multidimensional life-span developmental approach to health and well-being developed by Ryff and Singer (1998) involves integrating different theories of individual development and adaptive functioning. While most research pertaining to this model has focused on relating psychological well-being to demographic factors (e.g., Ryff & Keyes, 1995), stressful life events (e.g., Ryff & Singer, 1998), and physiological indicators (e.g., Lindfors & Lundberg, 2002), knowledge concerning the structural basis of Ryff’s psychological well-being scales (Ryff scales) is still limited. A recent conceptualization of psychological well-being is the multidimensional model proposed by Ryff and co-workers (e.g., Ryff and Keyes, 1995, Ryff and Singer, 1998). Among the issues central to the study of positive psychological functioning are the development of theoretical frameworks and operationalization of related concepts (e.g., Aspinwall and Staudinger, 2002, Snyder and Lopez, 2002). ![]() The last few years have witnessed an increasing interest in the positive aspects of psychological functioning, including psychological well-being. The present findings clearly demonstrate the adequacy of the Swedish version of the Ryff scales in female and male white-collar workers. Besides confirming previously reported age and gender profiles, the study showed age differences in self-acceptance and gender differences in environmental mastery and purpose in life but not in personal growth. Further confirmatory factor analyses replicated previous findings showing that the proposed six-factor model with a single second-order super-factor had better fit than the single factor model. The internal consistency coefficients of the translated scales were higher than that of the original Ryff scales. Analyses were based on data from 1260 white-collar workers aged 32–58 years. Moreover, the consistency of previously reported age and gender profiles of psychological well-being was examined. The present study aimed to investigate the structure of a Swedish translation of Ryff’s psychological well-being scales covering self-acceptance, positive relations, autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth and purpose in life. ![]()
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