ESTUDIO DE LAS PROPIEDADES PSICOMÉTRICAS DE LAS ESCALAS DE BIENESTAR PSICOLÓGICO DE RYFF EN UNA MUESTRA DE ESTUDIANTES ARGENTINOS PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF RYFF'S SCALES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN AN ARGENTINEAN SAMPLE

Palabras Clave: bienestar psicologico; adaptacion argentina; fi abilidad; validez Abstract: The purpose of this article is to evaluate the psychometric properties of Ryffs Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB) in Argentinean sample. For this, van Dierendonck version of 39 items and Diaz et al. version of 29 items, were used. Participants in this study included 396 students. Based in previous fi ndings, six models were tested using confi rmatory factor analysis. None of these models showed adequate goodness of fi t to the data. To improve the psychometric properties, a new version is proposed. Several exploratory factor analyses were performed. The results of these analyses showed a 3 factor solution conformed by: (a) Autonomy; (b) Positive relationships and; (c) Competence. This version exhibited better internal consistency coeffi cients and a good fi t to the data.