Social Well-Being
Abstract
The proposal of five dimensions of social well-being, social integration, social contribution, social coherence, social actualization, and social acceptance, is theoretically substantiated. The theoretical structure, construct validity, and the social structural sources of the dimensions of social well-being are investigated in two studies. Item and confirmatory factor analyses in both studies corroborate the theoretical model of social well-being. The new scales correlate convergently with measures of anomie, generativity, perceived social constraints, community involvement and neighborhood quality. The new scales correlate discriminantly with measures of dysphoria, global well-being, physical health and optimism. Multivariate analyses in both studies substantiate the claim that social well-being is an achievement, facilitated by educational attainment and age. The state and direction of the study of adult functioning are discussed.
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The perceived neighborhood quality measure had suitable internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.72).
“Perceptions of neighborhood quality were constructed using 5 items from past research (Keyes, 1998) and 4-items developed by the MIDUS researchers and had suitable internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.72).”
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- Authors
- Keyes, C. L. M.
- Corresponding author
- Keyes, Corey Lee M.
- ORCID
- Keyes, Corey Lee M.
- Venue
- Social Psychology Quarterly
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 121
- ISSN
- 0190-2725 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2315621942
- Cited by
- 2,924
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 8.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Psychology Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- 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 › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- social well-being, social integration, social contribution, social coherence, social acceptance, construct validity, anomie, generativity, community participation, neighborhood quality, dysphoria, global well-being, physical health, optimism, educational attainment, age differences, adult functioning
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