Adaptation of the Student Well-being Process Questionnaire for Russian-speaking students of Kazakhstan

ABSTRACT

This article describes the process of adaptation of the Russian version of The Student Well-being Process Questionnaire (Student WPQ). A sample of 408 Kazakhstan university students completed the adapted Student WPQ. The exploratory factor analysis revealed five factors, explaining 67.38% of the total variance that were consistent with the theoretical model developed by the authors of the original version. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for internal consistency reliability of the scales ranged from 0.712 to 0.929. Statistically significant correlation was found between the adapted questionnaire and the questionnaires used to test the convergent validity (correlation coefficients ranged from 0.382 to 0.891). Regression analysis showed that positive well-being was predicted by psychological capital, positive coping, and low levels of student stress; negative well-being was predicted by high stressors and low consciousness. These findings were consistent with the results obtained by the authors of the original questionnaire. The Russian version of The Student WPQ can be used to measure well-being and academic stress in Kazakhstan conditions.

KEYWORDS:

• Students
• well-being
• academic stress
• coping
• adaptation of questionnaire

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Madina Maximovna Umurkulova

Madina Maximovna Umurkulova, doctoral candidate of the Department of Psychology. Her research interests include problems of academic stress, learning effectiveness, safety of the educational environment. [email protected]

Raikhan Shaikhishevna Sabirova

Raikhan Shaikhishevna Sabirova, PhD, Professor in Department of Psychology, Karagandy University of the name of academician E.A.Buketov. She was winner of the title “The best University teacher - 2014”, the title “Honored worker of KSU” −2016.

Gulnara Kobylanovna Slanbekova

Gulnara Kobylanovna Slanbekova, Professor, PhD in Psychology. She is Associate Fellow of the Kazakh Psychological Society, Professor of Psychology at Karagandy University of the name of academician E.A.Buketov.

Maira Pobedovna Kabakova

Maira Pobedovna Kabakova, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Department of General and Applied Psychology at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Her research interests are centered on problems of marriage psychology, psychology of communication and management; psychological training.

Elmira Kenesovna Kalymbetova

Elmira Kenesovna Kalymbetova, PhD, earned her BA (al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan) and PhD in Psychology. She is currently Professor of Psychology at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University.