Psychometric assessment of the Persian translation of the EPOCH measure among adolescent girls
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Psychometric assessment of the Persian translation of the EPOCH measure among adolescent girls Azadeh Taheri 1 & Mahsima Pourshahriari 1 & Abbas Abdollahi 1
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Simin Hosseinian 1
# Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The EPOCH measure was designed to assess well-being among Western adolescent populations. To this date, the psychometric properties of the EPOCH measure have not been assessed for its applicability to Iranian adolescents. The purpose of the current study is to first translate the EPOCH measure from the English language into the Persian language, and to subsequently examine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the EPOCH measure among Iranian adolescent girls. A multi-stage cluster random sampling method was employed to select 373 girl high-school students (grades 11 and 12) from schools within District One of Tehran. The results of the face, content, and construct validity tests showed that the EPOCH measure had acceptable validity and suitable reliability (the composite reliability and the Cronbach’s alpha values were greater than 0.7). The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the five factors of the EPOCH measure among Iranian girl high-school students. The overall results showed the validity and reliability of the EPOCH measure for assessing well-being in Iranian girl high-school students. Keywords EPOCH measure . Well-being . High-school . Girls
Adolescence is a time of exposure to important changes in biological, physiological, and psychological aspects of life, and many adolescents may have difficulty adjusting to these changes (World Health Organization 2017). During this period, a growing number of adolescents are at risk of mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and stress (Abdollahi et al. 2015), while the risks are particularly more prominent in girls (Fox et al. 2010). Adolescents who experience better levels of well-being are more likely to have a more effective psychological adjustment, and hence transition more smoothly and safely into adulthood (González-Carrasco et al. 2019). Therefore, there is a crucial need for a psychometric study to assess the well-being of adolescent girls in order to protect them against the mentioned risk factors. Well-being, in the terminology of research, is described as a composite of emotion and performance well across the different aspects of life, with specific reference to subjective
* Azadeh Taheri [email protected] 1
Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
well-being (hedonia) and psychological well-being (eudaimonia; Diener et al. 2006; Ryan and Deci 2001). This definition of well-being is based on two philosophical traditions named hedonism and eudaimonism (Diener 2000). According to Aristippus (third century BCE), hedonia means experiencing maximum pleasure and minimum pain or suffering (Aristotle 1985). The hedonic view of well-being is comparable with enjoyment, pleasure, and comfort (Ryan and Deci
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