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Psychometric analysis of the Tourism Wellbeing Scale (TWS): a multidisciplinary approach
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This paper analyses the Tourism Wellbeing Scale, a new measure in the tourism
sector built from Positive Psychology variables: wellbeing, creativity, optimism, and
spirituality. It empathizes the importance of multidisciplinary work and thus it focuses
on a psychological approach to understand wellbeing in tourism. The empirical research
used Exploratory Factor Analysis (n=429) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (n=428).
Reliability through Cronbach’ Alpha was .874 and evidence of convergent validity was
found with the Creative personality scale-short form, Global wellbeing scale, optimism
scale, and spirituality scale. A final 8-item structure, with a one-factor solution and
confirmatory analysis with: a) Normed Chi-squared (χ2/df) =1.076; b) Root Mean Square
Residual (RMR) =.041; c) Goodness of Fit (GFI) =.992; d) Adjusted Goodness of Fit (AGFI) =.977;
e) Comparative Fit Index (CFI) =.999; and f) the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation
(RMSEA) =.013 was obtained. Overall, this instrument has an adequate goodness-of-fit
and acceptable psychometric quality to be used in the field. This study is an innovation
in bringing a new instrument to the field based on psychological principles with the
potential to help stakeholders in the development of new marketing products where
wellbeing can be a major turn-point for the tourism industry.
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Positive psychology Tourism Tourism Wellbeing Scale Wellbeing . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
Citation
Garcês, S., Pocinho, M., & Jesus, S. N. (2020). Psychometric analysis of the Tourism Wellbeing Scale (TWS): a multidisciplinary approach. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 92(1), e20190232-e20190232.
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências