Validation of the Flourishing Scale and the Positive and Negative Experience Scale: Focusing on Special Education Teachers

Purpose: The study validated the Flourishing Scale (FS) and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) for assessing psychosocial and emotional well-being. Method: Internal consistency, construct validity (factor structure, AVE, discriminant, and nomological validity), and criterion validity were evaluated among 225 special education teachers from the Gwangju and Jeonnam. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis supported the FS as one-factor model and the SPANE as two-factor. Both the FS and SPANE met the AVE criterion (> .50). The square of the correlation coefficients between the factors of the FS and SPANE was smaller than the AVE values (discriminant). Each factor of the FS and SPANE showed significant correlations with grit, self-efficacy, and happiness (nomological). Each factor of the FS and SPANE showed significant positive correlations with life and job satisfaction (criterion). Conclusion: The FS and SPANE are suitable tools for assessing well-being among special education teachers.