A Rasch Analysis of the School-Related Well-Being (SRW) Scale: Measuring Well-Being in the Transition from Primary to Secondary School

Daniela Raccanello, Giada Vicentini, Elena Trifiletti and Roberto Burro
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Daniela Raccanello: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Giada Vicentini: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Elena Trifiletti: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Roberto Burro: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 18, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Within educational systems, promoting well-being is an essential objective along with traditional aims focused on students’ learning. However, scarce attention has been devoted to school-related well-being in the transition from primary to lower secondary school, also for the paucity of brief instruments deputed to measure it. We assessed well-being at school for fourth-graders and seventh-graders, by adapting and validating the Italian version of the School-Related Well-Being (SRW) scale, using in sequence exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and Rasch analysis. Through the Rasch analysis, we transformed the SRW scale into an instrument that respects the properties of the fundamental measurement. We measured well-being and achievement emotions at time 1 and grades at time 2. The SRW scale correlated with another measure of well-being and with students’ achievement emotions. Grade-level differences emerged, with a decrease of well-being that attested a maladaptive trend at increasing age; moreover, females reported higher well-being than males. Well-being at school was positively linked to achievement. Beyond its methodological relevance, this study highlights the need for developing interventions to support students in the transition from primary to lower secondary school, which is such a pivotal time in their learning path.

Keywords: well-being; achievement emotions; primary school; secondary school; factor analysis; Rasch analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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