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The Hierarchical Structure of Well‐Being
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ABSTRACT Theories of hedonic, eudaimonic, and social well‐being provide 3 extensively studied models for explaining flourishing mental health. Few studies have examined whether these models can be integrated into a comprehensive structure of well‐being. The present study builds upon previous theoretical and empirical work to determine the complex relationships among these 3 models of well‐being. Confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used to test a series of models in order to (a) confirm the proposed latent structures of hedonic, eudaimonic, and social well‐being and (b) examine whether these models could be successfully integrated into a hierarchical structure of well‐being. In 2 large samples, results supported the proposed latent structures of hedonic, eudaimonic, and social well‐being and indicated that the various components of well‐being could be represented most parsimoniously with 3 oblique second‐order constructs of hedonic, eudaimonic, and social well‐being.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gallagher, M. W., Lopez, S. J., & Preacher, K. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Kansas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gallagher, Matthew W.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1025-1050
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- PMC
- PMC3865980
- OpenAlex
- W2009481230
- Cited by
- 588
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 29.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG020166)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- well-being, hedonic well-being, eudaimonic well-being, social well-being, second-order construct, eudaimonia, mental health, latent structure
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Individuality, Male, Mental Health, Models, Psychological, Personal Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Self Concept, Social Behavior, Social Environment
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