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Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample

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  • Begoña Espejo

    (Department of Behavioral Sciences Methodology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Irene Checa

    (Department of Behavioral Sciences Methodology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Jaime Perales-Puchalt

    (Alzheimer’s Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA)

  • Juan Francisco Lisón

    (Department of Medicine, Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU, CEU Universities, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto Carlos III, Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3–5. Pabellón 11. Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Well-being has been measured based on different perspectives in positive psychology. However, it is necessary to measure affects and emotions correctly and to explore the independence of positive and negative affect. This cross-sectional study adapts and validates the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) with a non-probabilistic sample of 821 Spanish adults. A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed two related factors with two correlated errors. The average variance extracted was 0.502 for negative affect (SPANE-N) and 0.588 for positive affect (SPANE-P). The composite reliability was 0.791 for SPANE-N and 0.858 for SPANE-P. Measurement invariance analysis showed evidence of scalar invariance. Item-total corrected polyserial correlations showed values between 0.47 and 0.76. The path analysis used to test temporal stability, and the structural equation models used to test convergent and concurrent validity with other well-being measures, showed good fit. All path coefficients were statistically significant and over 0.480. For the validity models, the magnitude of the correlations was large and in the expected direction. The Spanish version of the SPANE show good psychometric properties. Future studies of emotional well-being in Spain can benefit from the use of this scale, and new studies must test cross-cultural invariance.

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  • Begoña Espejo & Irene Checa & Jaime Perales-Puchalt & Juan Francisco Lisón, 2020. "Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(22), pages 1-15, November.
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