Thriving from work questionnaire: Spanish translation and validation.

Area of Science:

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Occupational Health Psychology
• Cross-Cultural Psychology

Background:

• Thriving from Work is a key indicator of positive worker well-being, crucial for both research and practice.
• Growing discourse highlights work's role in fostering meaningful lives and the need for reliable well-being measures.
• The Thriving from Work Questionnaire assesses how work experiences positively impact thriving both within and outside the workplace.

Purpose of the Study:

• To translate the Thriving from Work Questionnaire from English to Spanish.
• To validate the Spanish version in a large sample of finance workers in Peru and Mexico.
• To ensure the questionnaire's reliability and validity for assessing worker well-being in Latin America.

Main Methods:

• Utilized item response theory models, mirroring original validation studies.
• Conducted differential item functioning analysis to compare performance between Peru and Mexico.
• Evaluated criterion validity using measures of organizational leadership, flourishing, vitality, community well-being, and socioeconomic position.

Main Results:

• The Spanish questionnaire proved to be a reliable and valid measure of worker thriving.
• One item was removed from the long-form version; both long and short forms showed similar psychometric properties.
• High empirical reliability and established criterion validity were observed, with no significant performance differences between countries.

Conclusions:

• The Spanish version of the Thriving from Work Questionnaire is a reliable and valid measure of worker well-being in Latin America.
• The study supports the questionnaire's utility across Latin American countries.
• Recommendations are provided for questionnaire adaptation and future research directions.