The well-being picture scale: a revision of the index of field energy

Nurs Sci Q. 2005 Jan;18(1):42-50. doi: 10.1177/0894318404272107.

Abstract

This paper reports the development and psychometric properties of the Well-Being Picture Scale, a 10-item non-language based pictorial scale that measures general well-being, based on Martha Rogers'view of human beings as energy fields in continual mutual process with their environment. The Well-Being Picture Scale was designed for use with the broadest possible range of adult populations, including persons who are unable to respond to English-based text or lengthy, complex measurement instruments. Psychometric properties were established in a sample of more than 2,000 individuals from the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Africa. The overall Cronbach's alpha is .8795.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adult
  • Ethnicity / psychology
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Psychological Tests*
  • Psychological Theory
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Taiwan
  • United States