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Med. Pr. 2012;63(1):73-83

FACTORS ENHANCING TEACHERS' OCCUPATIONAL WELLBEING SCALE: PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS

SKALA CZYNNIKÓW SPRZYJAJĄCYCH DOBREMU SAMOPOCZUCIU

Magdalena Woynarowska-Sołdan, Dorota Węziak-Białowolska

Abstract

Background: The aim of this work was to elaborate the Factors Enhancing Teachers' Occupational Wellbeing Scale for use with teachers from health promoting schools and to provide its psychometric analysis. Material and Methods: The sample consisted of 270 teachers from the health promoting schools. The instrument consisted of 45 statements divided into five subscales (working conditions, teachers' community, students and parents' community, organization and workload, professional competences), which are measured from two points of view: assessment of a current situation (a 5-point rating scale from 5 (strongly yes) to 1 (strongly no)) and assessment of needs for the improvement (a 5-point rating scale from 1 (no need) do 5 (very strong need)). Psychometric analysis included the assessment of: reliability (using Cronbach-α coefficient), theoretical validity (factor analysis with principal axis extraction) and construct validity (using data concerning self-assessment of general occupational being and assessment of general occupational being of other teachers at school, two hypothesis were tested) and unidimensionality (principal component analysis). Results: Cronbach's α for subscales, assessment of a current situation: 0.75-0.86, and for subscales assessment of needs for the improvement: 0.80-0.93. Factor structure of the scale was convergent with the expected one. Construct validity of the subscales was satisfactory - all hypotheses were confirmed. All subscales were also unidimensional. Conclusions: Psychometric analysis of the scale gave satisfactory results concerning its quality. The scale can be used as a tool in staff's health promotion, especially in the health promoting schools. Med Pr 2012;63(1):73-83

Key words

occupational wellbeing, scale, psychometric analysis, teachers, health promotion, health promoting school