Japanese version of the 42-item psychological well-being scale (PWBS-42): a validation study

Sasaki, Natsu; Watanabe, Kazuhiro; Imamura, Kotaro; Nishi, Daisuke; Karasawa, Mayumi; Kan, Chiemi; Ryff, Carol Diane; Kawakami, Norito

doi:10.1186/s40359-020-00441-1

BMC Psychology

Table 4 Exploratory factor analysis assuming a five-factor structure by using maximum likelihood with Promax rotation

From: Japanese version of the 42-item psychological well-being scale (PWBS-42): a validation study

	Reverse	Item	Factor loading score
	Reverse	Item	1	2	3	4	5
E6	R	Difficult arranging life in satisfying way	0.682	0.170	−0.019	0.059	− 0.090
E2	R	Demands of everyday life often get me down	0.633	0.031	−0.101	0.008	−0.107
E5	R	Overwhelmed by my responsibilities	0.628	0.023	−0.134	0.135	−0.065
A6	R	Worry about what others think of me	0.600	0.070	−0.147	0.236	−0.175
S5	R	Disappointed about achievements in life	0.592	0.165	0.101	−0.118	0.058
P4	R	Daily activities seem trivial & unimportant	0.531	0.057	−0.015	− 0.089	0.153
R2	R	Maintaining close relationships difficult	0.531	−0.109	0.212	0.073	−0.043
S6	R	Self attitude not as positive as others	0.520	0.222	0–.029	−0.127	0.048
S3	R	Others have gotten more out of life than me	0.507	−0.032	−0.082	0.018	0.001
R3	R	Few close friends to share concerns with	0.501	−0.076	0.339	−0.088	0.037
E3	R	Don’t fit in with people and community	0.492	−0.074	0.264	−0.045	− 0.012
G3	R	Haven’t improved as person over years	0.488	0.285	−0.013	−0.140	0.143
R6	R	No experience with warm & trusting relations	0.487	−0.135	0.300	−0.094	0.231
G6	R	Gave up trying to make improvements long ago	0.461	0.065	0.025	−0.036	0.397
P3	R	No good sense of what I’m trying to accomplish	0.458	0.401	−0.160	−0.139	0.150
G7	R	Do not enjoy situations requiring a change in my ways	0.441	−0.129	−0.005	0.097	0.135
A3	R	Influenced by people with strong opinions	0.432	−0.158	−0.115	0.305	−0.079
S7		Feel good when compare myself to friends	0.071	0.703	0.174	−0.021	−0.184
P7	R	Done all there is to do in life	0.059	−0.684	0.067	0.047	0.350
S2		Feel positive/confident about self	0.081	0.595	−0.085	0.209	0.146
G4		Developed a lot as person over time	0.052	0.560	0.183	−0.003	0.036
P5		Enjoy making plans for future and making it real	−0.091	0.520	−.044	−0.002	0.379
P2		Have sense of direction/purpose in life	−0.100	0.509	−0.142	0.115	0.483
S1		Pleased with how life turned out	0.103	0.480	0.196	−0.082	−0.057
E4		Good at managing daily responsibilities	0.051	0.465	0.131	0.241	−0.113
A4		Confidence in my opinions even if others are contrary	−0.221	0.427	−0.018	0.371	0.083
S4		Like most aspects of my personality	0.147	0.424	0.283	0.075	−0.136
E7		Able to build lifestyle to my liking	0.148	0.424	0.176	0.100	0–.105
P6		Some wander aimlessly but not me	−0.040	0.369	0.113	−0.011	0.082
R7		I can trust friends & they can trust me	0.003	0.144	0.679	0.073	−0.092
R4		Enjoy conversations with family & friends	−0.004	0.132	0.508	0.037	0.080
R1		Most see me as loving/affectionate	−0.094	0.191	0.495	0.051	0.000
R5		Others describe me as giving/share time	−0.116	0.292	0.386	0.019	−0.025
A1		Not afraid to voice opposing opinions	0.095	− 0.020	0.037	0.694	0.103
A5	R	Difficulty voicing opinion on controversial issues	0.461	−0.147	− 0.068	0.498	0.138
E1		In charge of situation in which I live	0.110	0.142	0.207	0.450	0.070
A2		Decisions not influenced by others’ actions	−0.019	0.286	0–.007	0.389	−0.088
A7		Judge self by what I think is important	−0.090	0.070	0.102	0.379	0.038
G5		Life process of learning/changing/growth	−0.133	0.217	0.214	0.047	0.460
G2		Important to experience the challenge how to think about yourself and the world	−0.233	− 0.037	0.199	0.236	0.447
G1	R	Not interested in activities to expand horizons	0.296	−0.231	0.043	0.087	0.446
P1	R	Live life day to day, don’t think about future	0.202	−0.132	−0.185	− 0.075	0.432

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