Is the meaning of subjective well-being similar in Latin American countries? a cross-cultural measurement invariance study of the WHO-5 well-being index during the COVID-19 pandemic

dc.creatorCaycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
dc.creatorVilca, Lindsey W.
dc.creatorValencia, Pablo D.
dc.creatorCarbajal-León, Carlos
dc.creatorReyes-Bossio, Mario
dc.creatorWhite, Michael
dc.creatorRojas-Jara, Claudio
dc.creatorPolanco-Carrasco, Roberto
dc.creatorGallegos, Miguel
dc.creatorCervigni, Mauricio
dc.creatorMartino, Pablo
dc.creatorPalacios, Diego Alejandro
dc.creatorMoreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
dc.creatorSamaniego‑Pinho, Antonio
dc.creatorLobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías
dc.creatorBuschiazzo Figares, Andrés
dc.creatorPuerta‑Cortés, Diana Ximena
dc.creatorCorrales‑Reyes, Ibraín Enrique
dc.creatorCalderón, Raymundo
dc.creatorFerrari, Ilka Franco
dc.creatorFlores-Mendoza, Carmen
dc.date2023-04-25T14:10:32Z
dc.date2023-04-25T14:10:32Z
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-02T20:31:04Z
dc.date.available2024-05-02T20:31:04Z
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/4705
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9274945
dc.descriptionBackground There is an urgent need to assess changes in well-being on a multinational scale during the COVID-19 pandemic, thus culturally valid scales must be available. Methods With this in mind, this study examined the invariance of the WHO well-being index (WHO-5) among a sam‑ ple of 5183 people from 12 Latin Americans countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). Results The results of the present study indicate that the WHO-5 is strictly invariant across samples from diferent Latin American countries. Furthermore, the results of the IRT analysis indicate that all items of the WHO-5 were highly discriminative and that the difculty required to respond to each of the fve items is ascending. Additionally, the results indicated the presence of moderate and small size diferences in subjective well-being among most countries. Conclusion The WHO-5 is useful for assessing subjective well-being in 12 Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, since the diferences between scores can be attributed to diferences in well-being and not in other characteristics of the scale.
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
dc.sourceBMC Psychology, 11(1), 102
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCross-cultural
dc.subjectInvariance
dc.subjectWell-being
dc.subjectWHO well-being index
dc.titleIs the meaning of subjective well-being similar in Latin American countries? a cross-cultural measurement invariance study of the WHO-5 well-being index during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeArticle


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