TITLE:
Factorial Validation of Warr’s (1990) Well-Being Measure: A Sample Study on Police Officers
AUTHORS:
Sónia P. Gonçalves, José Neves
KEYWORDS:
Factorial Structure, Job-Related Affective Well-Being, Police
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.2 No.7,
October
27,
2011
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to test the factorial validity of the job-related affective well-being scale—the IWP Multi-Affect Indicator. The sample was composed of 1466 police officers and collected through self-report questionnaires. With the objective of validating the factorial structure of the IWP Multi-Affect Indicator, several models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis. The results supported a four-factor structure: anxiety, comfort, depression and enthusiasm, as well as a five-factor structure including the same four factors plus a second-order factor called global affective well-being.