Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Flourishing Scale in Teachers | ||
| فصلنامه علمی پژوهش در یادگیری آموزشگاهی و مجازی | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 50, October 2025, Pages 55-64 PDF (660.44 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research | ||
| DOI: 10.30473/etl.2025.74220.4379 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Siran Amini1; Fa’ezeh Zaki Pour2; Ali khodaei* 3 | ||
| 1M.A. Department of Educational Sciences, Ministry of Education, Kurdistan, Iran. | ||
| 2M.A. Department of Physical Education, Ministry of Education, Hamedan, Iran. | ||
| 3Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aimed to investigate the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Flourishing Scale in teachers. In this descriptive survey study, 303 second-year secondary school teachers (150 girls and 153 boys) from public schools in District 20 of Tehran selected using convenience sampling method and responded to the Flourishing Scale (Weiner et al., 2010), Teacher Emotion Inventory (Chen, 2016), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans et al., 2007), and Job-related Affective Well-Being Scale (Van Katwyk et al., 2000). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis statistical method empirically supported the single-factor structure of the flourishing scale in teachers. Also, the correlation between the flourishing scale and positive and negative emotions, the positive and negative affective subscales related to occupational well-being, and teachers' psychological capital supported the criterion validity of the scale. The internal consistency coefficient of the flourishing scale was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method and was equal to 0.92. Overall, the results of this study, by replicating the single-factor structure of the flourishing scale in Iranian teachers, while defending the validity of its underlying theoretical perspective, provided convincing evidence in support of the acceptability of the technical, validity, and reliability characteristics of the Persian version of the scale. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Validation; Flourishing Scale; Teachers; Psychometric Properties | ||
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