%0 Journal Article %A Dehghani, Akram %A Malekpoor, Mokhtar %A Abedi, Ahmad %A Amiri, Shole %T Development and validation of preschool children’s well-being questionnaire %J Journal of Research and Health %V 6 %N 1 %U http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-386-en.html %R %D 2016 %K Keyword : well-being, preschool, validity, reliability, factor analysis, %X Abstract This research intends to examine the psychometric properties of the Preschool children well-being questionnaire (PCWQ) amongst mothers. The research method was correlation and validation through developing an instrument and reliability assessment. The sample consisted of 460 child selected by cluster multi-stage random sampling method. Preschool children well-being questionnaire was evaluated in regard to its construct validity (explanatory_factor analysis and internal consistency) , convergent validity , reliability (internal consistency) and Pearson correlation index in the studied group. Data were analyzed through SPSS.19 software. In_explanatory factor analysis, 5 factors of Emotional , Social , Educational , Cognition , and family were_extracted. In addition , this model was found fit with data . Pearson's correlation between (PCWQ) and (Q-set) were respectively confirming their convergent validity.The reliability of the mentioned factors was respectively 0/73,0/83,0/77,0/70,0/73 and 0.89 by calculating Cronbach's alpha. Considering the results of this study,_the Preschool children well-being Questionnaire has good validity and reliability, and can be used for evaluating Preschool children well-being . %> http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-386-en.pdf %P 137-144 %& 137 %! %9 Orginal Article %L A-10-545-1 %+ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, Najafabad Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, %G eng %@ 2423-5717 %[ 2016