Technical Adequacy of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire With Brazilian Educators

• DOI: 10.1177/0734282917714904
• Publication Date: 2017-06-16T09:21:48Z
• Authors: Natália B. de Biagi; Eloisa H. R. V. C...; Tyler L. Renshaw
• Keywords: Measurement Invariance; Sample (material); Convergent validity

The present study reports on the technical adequacy of a cultural adaptation Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ) with sample Brazilian educators ( n = 268). Responses to Portuguese version TSWQ (TSWQ-BP) indicated sound two-factor measurement model as well convergent validity teachers’ responses domain-general measures wellbeing. Measurement invariance analyses comparing U.S. 185) support for configural but not metric invariance. Taken together, findings provide preliminary evidence supporting scores derived from TSWQ-BP measuring teacher Yet, results also suggest that it is currently inadvisable use measure directly compare wellbeing and educators.