Korean translation and validation of the Workplace Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA)-Profiler

Abstract

BackgroundNo tool is available for the multidimensional measurement of workplace well-being among Korean workers. In this study, the Workplace Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA)-Profiler, a multidimensional workplace well-being measure, was translated into Korean, and its validity and reliability were assessed.MethodsThe Workplace PERMA-Profiler, including the positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment domains, was translated according to international guidelines. The questionnaires included the Workplace PERMA-Profiler, Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form, and Korean Occupational Stress Scale-Short Form. A total of 316 Korean workers completed a web-based survey with adequate response. Cronbach's alpha values were calculated to assess scale reliability, and correlational and confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess validity.ResultsCronbach's alpha values for the Korean Workplace PERMA-Profiler ranged from 0.70 to 0.95. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the 5-factor model had a marginally acceptable fit [χ2(80) = 383.04, comparative fit index = 0.909, Tucker-Lewis index = 0.881, root mean square error of approximation = 0.110, and standardized root mean square residual = 0.054]. The 5-factor PERMA domains were correlated positively with work engagement and mental well-being in life, and negatively with burnout, occupational stressors, and stress responses. These results showed that the Workplace PERMA-Profiler has good convergent and divergent validity.ConclusionsThe Korean version of the Workplace PERMA-Profiler had good reliability and validity. It might be used as an indicator or evaluation tool for positive mental health interventions in the workplace.

An Assessment of the Reliability and Validity of the PERMA Well-Being Scale for Adult Undergraduate Students in an Open and Distance Learning Context

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Psihologija subjektivnega blagostanja: znanstvena spoznanja o sreči

“…Posamezniki, ki poročajo o slabši kakovosti spanja, več težavah s spanjem in manjši količini spanja, v primerjavi z ljudmi, ki spijo dobro in/ali sedem do osem ur na noč, dosledno doživljajo nižje subjektivno blagostanje, kar velja za mladostnike (Gireesh idr., 2018;Kalak idr., 2014;Otsuka idr., 2020), mlade na prehodu v odraslost (npr. Ness in Saksvik-Lehouillier, 2018; Peach idr., 2016) in odrasle (Hamilton idr., 2007;Lee, 2019), vključno s starejšimi odraslimi (Faubel idr., 2009;Lukaschek idr., 2017). Kot kaže, pa je pri odraslih z nizkim blagostanjem povečana verjetnost ne le za to, da spijo malo, ampak tudi za to, da spijo dolgo, kar je pri odraslih običajno opredeljeno kot več kot osem ur in pol na noč (Faubel idr., 2009), takšna povezanost med blagostanjem in dolžino spanja v obliki U-krivulje pa se ohrani tudi ob upoštevanju vrste demografskih značilnosti in prisotnosti kroničnih zdravstvenih težav (Lima idr., 2018).…”

Toward a More PERMA(nent) Conceptualization of Worker Well-Being?

“…To our knowledge, we are the first to subject the measure to formal cross-cultural measurement invariance testing (cf. Choi et al, 2019; Watanabe et al, 2018). Ultimately, we sought to investigate whether the Workplace PERMA Profiler is a relevant well-being measure for both US and Chinese workers.…”