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

BMC Psychology

Table 6 Pearson’s correlation coefficients^a between each subscale on the PWB and Life Satisfaction, Negative Affect, Negative Adjectives, Positive Affect, Positive Adjectives, Self-esteem, Percieved Stress Scale (PSS) among Japanese population

Variables (possible range)	N	Mean	SD	Psychological well-being (PWB) domains
Variables (possible range)	N	Mean	SD	Autonomy	Environmental Mastery	Personal growth	Positive relationship with others	Purpose in life	Self-acceptance
Life Satisfaction (0–10)	1027	6.10	1.58	0.235**	0.528**	0.382**	0.412**	0.357**	0.562**
Positive and negative affect
Negative Affect (1–5)	1024	1.69	0.65	−0.212**	−0.419**	−0.218**	−0.293**	−0.207**	−0.408**
Negative Adjectives (1–5)	1021	1.89	0.66	−0.245**	− 0.354**	−0.126**	− 0.205**	−0.147**	− 0.285**
Positive Affect [1,2,3]	1022	3.24	0.76	0.220**	0.446**	0.380**	0.464**	0.302**	0.509**
Positive Adjectives (1–5)	1020	3.07	0.76	0.344**	0.427**	0.421**	0.394**	0.350**	0.445**
Self-esteem (7–49)	1021	31.02	5.58	0.463**	0.646**	0.509**	0.470**	0.433**	0.714**
PSS (10–50)	1008	26.11	5.77	−0.306**	−0.554**	− 0.298**	−0.370**	− 0.295**	−0.511**

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