BACKGROUND Well-being has become a core concept in the study of positive child health, however, previous instruments for well-being evaluation have been centered mainly on the hedonic component. Therefore, the objective of this study was to adapt the Psychological Well-being Scales for assessing eudaimonic well-being in children and adolescents using a single-item per dimension approach. METHOD A total of 312 participants (52.9% girls; ages 10-18) from Spain completed the Psychological Well-Being Scales Short Form, the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and their psychological well-being was evaluated via a semi-structured interview by a developmental psychologist who was an expert in positive psychology. RESULTS Parallel analysis and exploratory factor analysis suggested a unidimensional structure that showed an excellent fit to the data. The new measure also demonstrated scalar invariance across gender and age. Moreover, the new scale significantly correlated with both WHO-5 and the expert´s ratings of psychological well-being, indicating adequate criterion validity. CONCLUSIONS The Psychological Well-Being Scales Short Form is a useful, brief measuring instrument that reduces children cognitive fatigue during evaluation.

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儿童和青少年 Ryff 心理健康量表的简要版本：有效性的证据。

背景 幸福感已成为儿童积极健康研究的核心概念，然而，以往的幸福感评估工具主要集中在享乐成分上。因此，本研究的目的是调整心理健康量表，以使用单项每维度方法评估儿童和青少年的幸福感。方法 来自西班牙的 312 名参与者（52.9% 为女孩；年龄 10-18 岁）完成了心理健康量表简表，即 WHO-5 健康指数，他们的心理健康通过半结构化评估一位是积极心理学专家的发展心理学家的采访。结果 平行分析和探索性因素分析表明，一维结构显示出与数据的极好拟合。新措施还证明了跨性别和年龄的标量不变性。此外，新量表与 WHO-5 和专家对心理健康的评级显着相关，表明有足够的标准效度。结论 短期心理健康量表是一种有用的、简短的测量工具，可减少儿童在评估过程中的认知疲劳。