The Psychometric Properties of Savoring Beliefs Inventory (SBI) among Indian adults

Abstract

The capacity to attend, to appreciate and enhance the positive experience in one`s life is Savoring (Bryant & Veroff, 2007) and the Savoring Beliefs Inventory (SBI) is widely used measure to assess it. The present study thus aimed to establish the psychometric properties of this tool among the Indian adults. This research explored the structural validity and reliability of the scale among a sample of young Indian adults. Utilising Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) the original 24 item forming the three-factor model was refined to a more parsimonious 18-item, two-factor structure. This new two-factor model was then further analysed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The two factors Savoring Capacity (11 items; α= .841) and Savoring Constraints (7 items; α = .747), exhibited a satisfactory model fit (χ2/df = 2.60, GFI = .876, CFI = .853, RMSEA = .078). While the factor structure of the scale was refined as per the Indian population, the result of the present also highlighted that Savoring among Indian respondents is possibly be explained as a dialectic process where high hedonic capacity co- exists with culturally ingrained regulatory constraints.