Development of Well Being Scale: Implication for Adolescents in Addis Ababa Secondary Schools

Abstract

In this dynamic world, keeping well-being among adolescents has become a public health main concern, especially for adolescents studying at secondary schools, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the present study, well-being has been operationally conceptualized. The investigator identified five areas of well-being scale as the capacity to establish positive aspects of life, general satisfaction, and sense of achievement, having an appropriate place or position, and dissatisfaction with life. The reliability and validity of the instrument have also been calculated and reported. The test-retest method of reliability of the well-being scale of adolescents was used and the estimated reliability coefficient of the well-being and the validity of the test also have been done. The correlation between the test-retest of the wellbeing and the subscales coefficient was found to be significant at 0.01 levels. This study highlights some of the positive well-being scale in conducting research in the secondary school population. Thus, the well-being instrument can be considered as a reliable tool to be used for research purposes.