APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Raising the Awareness on the Interdependent Nature Among All Beings to Promote Individual and Collective Well-Being: Construction and Validation of the Interconnectedness Scale

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · General

  • Winnie W. S. Mak
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Ben C. L. Yu
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Floria H. N. Chio
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Abstract

The present study proposed and operationalized the concept of interconnectedness which was adapted from Interbeing, a fundamental concept in Buddhism, through constructing the Interconnectedness Scale. Results showed that the scale has promising psychometric properties and associated with variables related to individual and collective well-being, psychological disturbances and Buddhism derived concepts.

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