title: The eudaimonic component of satisfaction with life and psychological well-being in Spanish cultures.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the study of well-being there are two partially overlapping traditions that have been developed in parallel. Subjective well-being (SWB) has been associated with the hedonistic approach of well-being, and psychological well-being (PWB) with the eudaimonistic one. However, satisfaction with life, the most common SWB indicator, is not strictly a hedonic concept and contains many eudaimonic components. The objective of this research is to examine whether a Eudaimonic Well-being G-Factor of Satisfaction with Life (SWLS) and Psychological Well-being Scales (PWBS) emerges.
  
  
  METHODS
  400 people from the general population of Colombia (Study 1) and 401 from Spain (Study 2), recruited via advertisement, voluntarily participated and filled in a booklet containing, in order of appearance, the PWBS and the SWLS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to our hypothesis, parallel analysis, eigenvalues, scree plot graphs and exploratory factor analysis (Study 1) suggested the existence of a one-factor structure. Confirmatory factor analysis (Study 2) indicated that this one-factor model provided excellent data fit. Results of a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis confirmed cross-cultural factor invariance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results question the view that the satisfaction with life indicator is uniquely hedonic and point to the need for a greater integration between hedonic and eudaimonic traditions.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Castilla La Mancha.
authors.forename: Darío
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stavraki
authors.forename: Amalio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gandarillas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003105:Colombia; D003469:Culture; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010684:Philosophy; D010990:Pleasure-Pain Principle; D011788:Quality of Life; D013030:Spain; D028722:Virtues; D055815:Young Adult