The Russian version of the «PERMA+4 Employee Subjective Well-being Short Scale»

The article presents the results of the Russian adaptation of a short version of «PERMA+4 Employee Subjective Well-being Scale», developed in USA in 2020 on the basis of the Martin Seligman’s PERMA model (Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment). This research is supposed to cover the lack of Russian-language psychometric instruments designed for theoretical study and practical assessment of the level of work-related subjective well-being. Translation and adaptation of the questionnaire were carried out in several stages taking into account modern international recommendations. The psychometric properties of the adapted questionnaire were tested on a sample of 325 company employees (average age — 43 years, 62% — women) from most economy sectors and regions of Russia. Content validity was tested with Subjective Well-Being Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory, current validity — with Professional Motivation Questionnaire. The internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha and MacDonald's omega coefficients, the factor structure — by CFA and IRT methods. The factor structure was also tested on control sample (N=155). The adapted questionnaire showed acceptable validity, reliability (α = .83; ω = .88) and factor structure on the Primary (CFI = .9708; RMSEA = .0802; SRMR = .0342) and Control (CFI = .9703; RMSEA = .0797; SRMR = .0375) samples. Psychometric properties of the Russian version of PERMA+4 confirm the correctness of its translation and adaptation. The results suggest that the adapted short version of PERMA+4 is a sufficiently reliable instrument that can be used in future studies.